Planning Report (002)

                                                                      DANYA COOK TOWN PLANNING


5.0       Local Planning

5.1       Planning Scheme

In accordance with the Noosa Plan 2020, the site is included within the Rural Residential Zone. An assessment of the applicable
provisions of the Noosa Plan 2020 is provided below.

5.2       Level of Assessment and Assessment Benchmarks (Codes)

In accordance with Part 5 – Tables of Assessment, Section 5.6 - Categories of Development and Assessment - Reconfiguring a Lot,
Table 5.6.1 – Reconfiguring a Lot of the Noosa Plan 2020, the proposed subdivision is Code Assessable.

The Assessment Benchmarks (Codes) applicable to a development of this nature are:

      •   Rural Residential Zone Code.
      •   Reconfiguring a Lot Code.

An assessment of the above codes is provided at Appendix F. Specifically, the following Performance Outcomes and Acceptable
Outcome of the Reconfiguring a Lot Code are considered by the proposed development:

      •   Performance Outcomes PO5(a) - PO5(e).
      •   Acceptable Outcome AO7.3.

5.3       Overlays

In accordance with the Overlay Mapping of the Noosa Plan 2020, the following overlays exist upon the land:

      •   Biodiversity, Waterways, and Wetlands Overlay: - Area Subject to Biodiversity Overlay (MSES Environmental Values and
          Area of Biodiversity Significance) and Area Subject to Riparian Buffer Overlay (Waterways, MSES Regulated Vegetation -
          Intersecting a Waterway, and Riparian Buffer Area).
      •   Bushfire Hazard Overlay: - High and Medium Potential Bushfire Intensity and Potential Impact Buffer.
      •   Flood Hazard Overlay: - Waterways.
      •   Landslide Hazard Overlay: - High and Moderate Hazard Areas.

The table below provides comment against the relevant overlays.

 Overlays
 Biodiversity, Waterways, and Wetlands Overlay                    Comment
                                                                  In accordance with the Biodiversity, Waterways, and Wetlands
                                                                  Overlay Mapping of the Noosa Plan 2020, the site features:

                                                                  •   Area Subject to Biodiversity Overlay (MSES Environmental
                                                                      Values and Area of Biodiversity Significance); and
                                                                  •   Area Subject to Riparian Buffer Overlay (Waterways, MSES
                                                                      Regulated Vegetation - Intersecting a Waterway, and
                                                                      Riparian Buffer Area).

                                                                  As demonstrated by the Plan of Development included at
                                                                  Appendix B, the Area of Biodiversity Significance and Riparian
                                                                  Buffer Area is wholly contained within proposed Lot 6.

                                                                  The proposed lot boundaries have been strategically configured
                                                                  to avoid dissecting and fragmenting mapped areas, whilst also
                                                                  maintaining an adequate level of amenity and privacy between
                                                                  the proposed lots. The proposed boundary of division ensures
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Planning Report 2025-15                                                                                                  July 2025