Town Planning Assessment Report

1.4.    Assessment Benchmarks Related to the Planning Regulation 2017

The Planning Regulation 2017 (the Regulation) prescribes assessment benchmarks that the
application must be carried out against, which are additional or alternative to the assessment
benchmarks contained in council’s Planning Scheme. These assessment benchmarks may be contained
within:
    • the SEQ Regional Plan;
    • Part E of the State Planning Policy, to the extent they are not appropriately integrated into the
        Planning Scheme; and
    • Schedule 10 of the Regulation.

An assessment against the applicable benchmarks contained within the Planning Regulation is
provided below:

SEQ Regional Plan

The subject site is located within the Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area under the SEQ
Regional Plan (SEQRP). The proposed Short-term accommodation use is consistent with the goals,
elements and strategies for the Regional Landscape and Rural Production area designation.

Part E of the State Planning Policy

The current State Planning Policy (SPP) commenced on 3 July 2017. The applicable State interests
relating to development assessment are set out in Part E of the document and are under five broad
themes. The assessment benchmarks of the SPP Part E that are relevant to the development
proposal are consistent with the current provisions of the planning scheme and would not warrant
further assessment.

Schedule 10 of the Regulation

The proposal does not trigger referral to any agencies or assessment against any of the benchmarks
contained with Schedule 10 of the regulation.


1.5.    Assessment Benchmarks Relating to the Planning Scheme

        1.5.1. Definition

The Noosa Plan 2020 defines a Short-term Accommodation Use as follows:

Short-term accommodation—
a) means the use of premises for
     i. providing accommodation of less than three (3) consecutive months to tourists or travellers;
         or
    ii. a manager’s residence, office, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use of guests, if the
         use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph i.; but
b) does not include a hotel, nature-based tourism, resort complex or tourist park



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