MCU21/0104.01 Application For A Minor Change To A Development Approval For A Material Change Of Use Of Premises (Undefined Use – Motorcycle / Scooter Sales & Repair) – 16 Rene St, Noosaville · Attachment 2 - (MCU21 0104.01) - Planning Officer'S Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                           7 MAY 2024




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2.    BACKGROUND
The subject site received a development permit on 19 January 1990 for a ‘milk distribution depot’.
In 2013, Scooter Style Noosa Motorcycles established on the site under the superseded planning
scheme as an Industrial business – Type 2 Production, alteration, repackaging & repairing, defined
as:
      The use of premises for the production, manufacturing, dismantling, altering, cleaning, re-
      packaging, freezing or repairing of goods. The use includes food industries, textiles,
      mechanical, boat repair, sandblasting.
An Industrial business – Type 2 use in this location was ‘accepted subject to requirements’ under
the superseded Noosa Plan and therefore no development permit was required for Scooter Style
Noosa Motorcycles given the use was originally limited to mechanical repairs.
Application No MCU19/0080 for a Material Change of Use - Ancillary Dwelling Unit (Caretakers
Accommodation associated with the Scooter Style Motorcycles) consisting of a dwelling unit was
received by Council on 19 July 2019. An information request was issued on 6 August 2009, with
the response received 24 February 2020.
A site inspection carried out by Council Officers on 20 March 2020 determined that the current use
operating on the site did not meet the definition of an Industrial Business, being:
      Industrial business means the conduct of an industrial business activity, where goods or
      products are produced, manufactured, dismantled, altered, repackaged, repaired or stored
      at a scale of greater than that defined by retail business. The use includes the sale of
      goods, resulting from such operations, provided that sales space does not exceed
      20% of the use area. Any space dedicated for administration or accounting work in
      connection with such operations does not exceed 20% of the use area.
New scooter and motorbike sales are not considered an industrial business and do not form part
of the permitted 20% retail sales area (of the above definition), given that the retail sales area is to
be for the sale of goods resulting from the industrial use on-site. The scooter/motor bike sales was

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