2021-10-08 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                   8 OCTOBER 2021


Community comment                                       Proposed response
General – CHAP approach
Concerns that the current Noosa Plan fails to take a    - The CHAP has been prepared in accordance with
sufficiently long view with regard to future coastal      technical guidelines prepared by the State
erosion. We note that the State Coastal Building          Government and each phase of the process has
Line has been used as a marker for building               been signed off by the Queensland Department
setbacks. We have significant concerns that the           of Environment and Science as it is completed.
State Coastal Building Line is and will continue to     - Future planning amendments to the Noosa Plan
be used as a demarcation for building limits when in      2020 will need to be completed in accordance
fact it is far too arbitrary to be an effective           with the Queensland Planning Act and State
delineator – after all, it was put in place in 1983.      Planning Policy.
The more up-to-date and rigorous modelling
performed by Council should provide a far better        - The amendment process has commenced
demarcation for building approvals and setbacks.          including early discussions with the State.
The CHAP explains that the Noosa Plan may need          - These planning amendments will be progressed
to be altered to better consider the medium to long       following completion of the CHAP to ensure that
term climate change projections. We urge Noosa            the full findings of the CHAP are available.
Council to start working on these improvements to       - Any proposed amendments will be the subject of
the Noosa Plan at the next opportunity – i.e., when       a separate community consultation process
the planning scheme is next to be updated and             including targeted consultation with property
amended.                                                  owners.
I hope Noosa Council does not bow down to
pressure from those with vested interests in
developing vulnerable land and instead promotes a
clean, green future with emphasis on protecting our
landscape from the impacts of climate change.
Council should do more to ensure any development
is carried out in accordance with State and federal
guidelines and codes. Don’t believe Noosa specific
documents should be adopted for climate change.
Leave it to Federal and State governments. Noosa
Council should then enforce.
Acknowledge that the contents of the CHAP may
generate concerns for private property owners in
potentially impacted areas, particularly the ocean
foreshores and low-lying stretches along the Noosa
River. However, urge Council not to equivocate in
the face of pressure by private landowners to make
alterations to the CHAP and its modelling. It is
extremely important that the overall integrity of the
CHAP is not undermined through making
inappropriate adjustments to suit vested interests.
The CHAP has not appropriately considered               Council is cognisant of these economic and
economic/financial risks to the Council associated      financial risks, which highlight the need for a
with:                                                   proactive, measured and responsible approach to
- economic impact of the CHAP assumptions on            managing coastal hazards. The CHAP seeks to
  land valuation                                        achieve this through a broad range of locality
                                                        specific adaptation responses.
- revenue impact to Council on the reduction in
  ULV and rates income
- economic exposure to Council by class actions
  that respond to the cavaliere approach taken by
  Council.
Cost benefit analysis informing the CHAP fails to
take account of insurance impacts, legal costs for
injurious affection, loss of rateable value, socio-
economic costs of displacement of families.

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