Updated Planning Report - Foster and Black Noosa · 51901.4863.08

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                 (ii) Resorts located at Morwong Drive, Noosa Drive, Quamby Place, Serenity Close,
                      Sanctuary Drive, Little Cove, Noosa Hill, Noosa Springs and Noosa Sound.
         u) Development in the Tourist accommodation zone is for visitor accommodation and
             associated uses that serve visitors concentrated in areas close to Hastings Street and
             Noosa River and in designated resorts.
         v) Hastings Street maintains its character as a vibrant, contemporary and pedestrian-friendly
             centre for visitors and locals.
         w) A variety of high-end visitor accommodation, retailing and dining uses incorporate
             indoor/outdoor spaces creating active frontages from early morning to late evening.
         x) Hastings Street retains a diverse mixture of retail and entertainment activities with limited
             scope for increasing retail tenancy numbers. Unique, independently operated destination
             businesses with locally made or designed goods particularly add to the appeal of the street.
         y) The Noosa Heads locality provides a range of community and sports and recreational uses
             which support both residents and visitors.
         z) Access and convenience is maintained to significant open space and outdoor recreation
             areas including the natural features of the beaches and bays, Noosa River and Noosa
             National Park.
         aa) Development is supported by a network of open space and facilitates safe and convenient
             pedestrian and cycle connections between and around key destinations within the local
             plan area.
         bb) Development supports and prioritises public transport, including the river ferry and buses
             and use of motor scooters and bicycles.
         cc) The businesses operating from a commercial jetty lease area at 14 Hastings Street, Noosa
             Heads provides watercraft for hire and affords access to river ferry services.
         dd) Key areas of vegetation on both private and public lands are protected for landscape and
             habitat values.
         ee) The green backdrop to Hastings Street and Noosa Main Beach is maintained and retained
             as an important landscape element screening urban development.

The subject site is within Precinct 3 (Hastings Street Mixed Use Precinct) and the proposed
development is suitable for the locality. It is seen that the proposed investment in the site meets the
overall outcomes and desired purpose of the local plan as the works represent ongoing investment and
refurbishment of an envisioned use. The proposed works are seen as a desirable outcome for the site
and provide a high level visual amenity for the site. A response to the applicable codes is provided in
the attached Code Assessment.




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