2014-01-28 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 28 JANUARY 2014


       Urban Designer, Planning Assessment Branch
       Team Leader, Transport Infrastructure Management
       Technical Officer, Transport Networks & Innovation
       Economic Development Officer
       Property Officer
Their assessment forms part of this report.


Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 days in accordance with the requirements of the
Sustainable Planning Act 2009. 97 properly made submissions and 12 not properly made
submissions were received. 3 submissions were petitions objecting to the development that
included a total of 320 signatures. Two objections were received from community groups –
Noosa Residents & Ratepayers Association and Noosa Parks Association.
The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by submitters.
    Issues                                    Comments
    Recreational land required not more While council’s open space strategy suggests a need
    shops.                                    for an additional recreation park in the area, it is
                                              considered that the development can contribute to
                                              community spaces via activating and upgrading
                                              Pinaroo Park and providing a new pedestrian and
                                              cyclist friendly streetscape within Pinaroo Way.
    Object to loss of open space.             See above.
    Lack of any real green space in the See above.
    proposal.
                                              A future operational works application would also be
                                              required to demonstrate a satisfactory landscaping
                                              design for the site.
    The uses conflict with The Noosa Agreed. This report seeks to address the issues
    Plan.                                     associated with the conflicts with the community
                                              services zone of the Bowls Club site.
    No Infrastructure Agreement has been Agreed. An Infrastructure Agreement negotiated
    provided as requested by Council, between the parties is needed to demonstrate the
    and it is difficult if not impossible for overall community benefit of the proposal.
    members of the community to
    determine whether the outcomes in
    terms of a land swap with Council,
    and the value of the land to be
    swapped, are to the advantage of
    Council and the community or
    otherwise.
    Insufficient planning grounds to A number of grounds are identified in the
    overcome the conflict with the development’s favour but the overall community
    planning scheme.                          benefit needs to be further considered with the
                                              provisions of a future draft Infrastructure Agreement.
    Does not adequately compensate the See above
    community for the loss of public land,
    alienation of open space and
    recreation both within Pinaroo Park
    and the existing bowling green.




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