2023-02-07 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    7 FEBRUARY 2023




                      Figure 3 – Approved Site Plan in context with surroundings

3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1   Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
•     State Planning Policy;
•     South East Queensland Regional Plan;
•     Planning Regulation 2017;
•     The Noosa Plan.
As the original application was lodged under the Noosa Plan 2006, the application must be
assessed against the Noosa Plan 2006, though Council may also have regard to the requirements
of the Noosa Plan 2020.
The following codes from the Noosa Plan 2006 are applicable to this development:
•     Noosaville Locality Code
•     Business Uses Code
•     Landscaping Code
•     Works Codes
Statutory Process
The applicant has requested to make a minor change to a development approval under s78 of the
Planning Act 2016. An application for a minor change to a development approval can only be made
in circumstances where a change would constitute a ‘minor change’.
The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is determined to
constitute a minor change on the grounds that:
•     the development would not result in a substantially different development as while the total
      gross floor area is to be significantly decreased the proposed changes do not impact the

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