2017-04-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    11 APRIL 2017


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Development Planner to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 11 April 2017 and refuse Application No. MCU16/0075 for
a Development Permit for 19 Detached houses, situated at 90 Beach Road, Noosa North Shore
for the following reasons:
1.   The proposed use, defined as a Detached House under The Noosa Plan is an inconsistent
     use in a Visitor Mixed Use zone and is contrary to the Overall Outcomes of the Noosa North
     Shore Locality Code and the strategic intent of The Noosa Plan, which seeks to protect
     substantial key sites for visitor accommodation, with the subject site identified as one of the
     key sites;
2.   The non-protection of substantial key sites for visitor accommodation will adversely impact
     upon a viable tourism economy for Noosa;
3.   The proposal is likely to result in poor amenity for permanent residents and may create
     negative experiences for visitors to the resort, given the potential conflicts between
     permanent residents and visitors;
4.   The proposal has the potential to increase pressure to provide additional infrastructure and
     services on the Noosa North Shore, contrary to The Noosa Plan and Local Government
     Infrastructure Plan; and
5.   The applicant does not provide sufficient grounds to justify the conflict with the Planning
     Scheme and the proposal will not result in any significant benefits to the community.

REPORT
1.   PROPOSAL
The proposal seeks to convert existing eco-cabins previously approved for visitor accommodation
to detached houses (for permanent residential living) in the existing Beach Road Holiday Homes
development located at 90 Beach Road, Noosa North Shore. The development proposal is over
19 existing parcels of land and each contains an eco-cabin. The entire development site has 48
individual parcels of land, each with an eco-cabin and associated common property that contains
numerous resort style facilities. The application does not include the area of land that is common
property.
To support their application, the applicants have lodged a Needs Assessment, Beach Road Holiday
Homes, prepared by Foresight Partners Pty Ltd, 11 November 2016 which seeks to address the
impact and risks of removing visitor accommodation from the visitor accommodation pool.
The proposed development will not physically change the built form of the resort, with no new
works proposed by the application.
2.   SITE DETAILS
2.1. Background
The development is part of a greater, master planned development. In October 2004, Council
approved 132003.221037, a Preliminary Approval for a Material Change of Use for Development
in accordance with the ‘Noosa North Shore Eco-Tourism Portal Development Code’ (Portal Code).
The Portal Code allowed for a 4 stage development which supported visitor accommodation for up
to 400 persons and associated services on the site. The whole master planned site is identified
below as Figure 1.




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