2019-06-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      11 JUNE 2019


The following overall outcomes are considered relevant to assessment of the proposed
development:
“The overall outcomes sought for the Noosa Heads Locality are the following—
a)    New uses and works are located, designed and managed to—
      iii.    avoid significant adverse impacts on the amenity enjoyed by users of other premises,
              including acoustic and visual qualities; and
      iv.     avoid significant adverse effects on the natural environment;
e)    Land having environmental and cultural heritage values is protected and maintained for
      future generations, including—
      viii.   private land with native vegetation communities;
h)    Key vegetated landscapes are protected including-
      i.      significant stands of vegetation in the conservation reserves and in areas that are
              poorly drained or on very steep or inaccessible land;
      ll)     Areas of native remnant and regrowth vegetation, including their biodiversity and
              habitat values are protected;
nn)   For the Detached Housing Zone—Detached housing prevails which maintains—
      i.      a low impact, low density development form of domestic scale;
      iii.    allotment sizes and densities which are consistent with the character of the particular
              neighbourhood;
      v.      landscaping amongst buildings, retaining trees and vegetation wherever practical;
pp)   For the Attached Housing Zone—residents and visitors are accommodated in
      predominantly Multiple housing forms that—
      iv.     respect the scale and character of the streetscape and surrounding development.
ww) For the Open Space Conservation Zone—natural environmental values of high order and
    warranting conservation status are—
      i       protected for their importance in contributing to ecological sustainability including
              maintenance of water quality and provision of habitat and open space linkages; and
      ii      appropriately managed to the general exclusion of development or any further
              subdivision of freehold lots.”


Biodiversity Overlay Code
The site is mapped as containing a large area of Environmental Protection Area. Schedule 7 of
the Noosa Plan also maps the majority of the site as Koala Habitat Area – Remnant Habitat
(Refer to Table 4).




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