MCU19/0017.07 - Development Application For Other Change To Development Approval For Commercial Business Type 1 Office, Commercial Business Type 2 Medical To Health Care Service, Hospital And Hospital (Infusion Centre) And Ral 19/0004.07 Reconfiguring Lot At 36-40 Hofmann Drive, Noosaville · Attachment 2 - MCU19 0017.07 - Coordinator Planning'S Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                07 OCTOBER 2025


MCU19/0017.04 - A further application seeking that Council agree that changes were generally in
accordance with the development approval was lodged but were determined to constitute a minor
change to the development approval.
MCU19/0017.05 - A minor change was approved on 8 May 2024 for changes to waste serving
areas, car parking layout and functionality and relocation of plant equipment. This application was
decided in accordance with the delegations due to the nature of the changes being minor to the
overall development.
MCU19/0017.06 – A minor change was approved on 19 October 2024 permitting modifications to
the external façade treatments and internal configuration, with an increase in gross floor area from
3,899m2 to 3,913m2 and provision for 1 additional car parking space on level 1. It was also agreed
to delete Condition 4 which limited the number of practitioners on site to 63 at any one time.

MCU19/0017.07 – Current Other Change application was lodged with Council in November 2024.
This application sought approval for an additional 799m2 of gross floor area, removal of 30
carparking spaces and upgrading of the approved uses to reflect the Noosa Plan 2020 definitions
of Medical Centre and Health Care Service. Staff advised the applicant that they were not
supportive of the application due to proposed shortfall of carparking over the site. Following
discussions with Councils traffic consultant and the applicant, a Further Advice notice was issued
31st July 2025 requesting amendment to the proposed use definitions along with further information
about the uses and carparking demands.

The application was formally amended on 25 August 2025 with the proposed uses changed to
Health Care Service, Hospital and Hospital (infusion centre). The Development Assessment Rules
detail that for a change, that is not a minor change, the development assessment process does
not stop if the assessment manager is satisfied the change deals with a matter raised in response
to a further advice notice. The proposed changes meet these requirements.

It is noted that the building has been constructed in accordance with the 2024 approved plans.

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;
•    Noosa Plan 2020 (25 September 2020).
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
The Noosa Plan 2020 is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) with
Natural Hazards, risk and resilience – coastal hazards only partly integrated into the planning
scheme. No assessment has been made against the State Planning Policy as the site is not within
a coastal area.