Town Planning Report - Final April 2016

                                                                             15024 – Noosa Council April 2016




    •   South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009-2031 State planning regulatory
        provisions, May 2014; and
    •   South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions.

Under the SEQRP, the subject land is located within the Urban Footprint, with the
proposed development being for an urban purpose. Consequently, the proposed
development for material change of use is consistent with SEQRP, State Planning
Regulatory Provisions.

The proposed development is also located within a Koala Assessable Development area.
According to the DA Mapping, the subject land is located within the Koala Assessable
Development Area. Further, the subject land is mapped as having a Low Value
Rehabilitation designation (refer Attachment 4).

Despite the above, the South East Queensland Koala Conservation – State Planning
Regulatory Provisions apply, in particular Table 7 – Development that is in a Koala
Assessable Development Area. Having regard to Column 1 of Table 7, the proposed
development footprint is more than 500m² and therefore is to be assessed against the
assessment criteria in Column 2, with the following being most relevant:

                      Criteria                                           Compliance
 2.
 To the extent the premises is inside the Urban        The proposed development will not result in the
 Footprint, site design must avoid clearing non-       removal of any non-juvenile koala habitat trees.
 juvenile koala habitat trees in areas of bushland
 habitat, with any unavoidable clearing minimised
 and significant residual impacts counterbalanced
 under the Environmental Offsets Act 2014
 3.
 Site design must avoid clearing non-juvenile koala    The subject land is designated as a Low Value
 habitat trees in areas of high value rehabilitation   Rehabilitation area (refer Attachment 4).
 habitat, and medium value rehabilitation habitat,
 with any unavoidable clearing minimised and
 significant residual impacts counterbalanced under
 the Environmental Offsets Act 2014.
 7.
 Landscaping activities provide food, shelter and      Wherever possible the landscaping undertaken on
 movement opportunities for koalas consistent with     the site will provide, food, shelter and movement
 the site design                                       opportunities as part of an integrated design.


While the subject land is mapped as being in the Coastal Zone, the land is not located in
the Coastal Management District.




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