2020-05-13 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                    13 MAY 2020


Planning Regulations 2017
In accordance with the provisions in place at the time this minor change application was lodged,
the site was identified as being in a Koala Assessable Development Area and contained areas
identified as bushland habitat. The regulations require that premises outside of the Urban
Footprint do not remove non-juvenile koala habitat trees in areas defined as bushland habitat.




           Figure 2 Koala Conservation in South East Qld State Planning Regulatory Provisions

The approved layout requires the removal of non-juvenile koala habitat trees in bushland habitat
in an area outside the urban footprint. The proposed changes to the proposal plan include
removal of a number of lots identified as bushland habitat but have not removed all lots mapped
as bushland habitat.
Notably, under the changes made to the koala mapping and Planning Regulation 2017 on 7
February 2020, the site is now mapped as a Koala Priority Area with large areas mapped as core
koala habitat area. Under these provisions an application to subdivide the land would be
prohibited development where the proposal interferes with mapped koala habitat, including where
building, structures are within 50m from a koala habitat area.
Planning Scheme
The subject land is identified as having a preferred dominant land use of ‘rural’ and ‘areas of
ecological significance’ by the Noosa Plan’s strategic framework map. The site is further located
in the Tewantin & Doonan Locality and is zoned Rural. These designations and zoning seek to
prevent the fragmentation of agricultural land, and protect the scenic and environmental amenity
and values of the area. Rural settlement type lots are intended to only occur on land zoned for
rural settlement with residential land uses contained within the defined urban growth boundaries.
The land is not zoned for rural settlement and is located outside the defined urban growth
boundary and therefore the proposal raises significant conflicts with the outcomes sought for the
site by The Noosa Plan.
The Biodiversity Overlay also maps large areas of the site for Environmental Protection and as
Riparian Buffer generally reflective of the site’s vegetation and watercourses in the area. The
Biodiversity Overlay seeks to conserve or improve these areas and for development to be
located outside of these areas to enhance native fauna movement, conserve and consolidate
habitat and maintain water quality of waterways. These areas are shown on Figure 3 below.




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