2017-07-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                       11 JULY 2017


The following is an assessment of each of the above criteria:
(a)   the consistency of the approval, including its conditions, with current laws and
      policies applying to the development, including, for example, the amount and type of
      infrastructure contributions, or infrastructure charges payable under an
      infrastructure charges schedule;
The applicant’s response to this criterion includes:
From an assessment of the applicable provisions under the Noosa Plan 2006, the development
approval achieves the majority of the relevant performance outcomes. Inevitably, there are a few
provisions which cannot be directly achieved due to Council changing the zone from “Special
Residential” under the Superseded Planning Scheme to “Rural” under the current Noosa Plan
2006. However, this does not preclude an extension on the current development approval being
granted, having regard to the existing conditions of approval appropriately reflecting the individual
site constraints along with the development providing significant community benefits.
Assessment
South East Queensland Regional Plan
In accordance with the South East Queensland Regional Plan (SEQRP) the subject site is
identified as a Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area (RLRPA).
A strategic direction of the SEQRP is to protect the regional landscape recognising that South
East Queensland’s rural and natural landscape areas support environmental, rural production,
recreational, cultural and scenic functions. They underpin the region’s liveability and viability, and
will be protected from urban development and rural residential subdivision.
The SEQRP identifies the intent of the RLPRA to identify land with regional landscape, rural
production or other non-rural values. It seeks to protect this land from inappropriate development
particularly urban or rural residential development recognising that these areas of land include
significant biodiversity values, important regional ecosystems, good quality agricultural land and
cultural and landscape values and land that forms important inter urban breaks.
Regulatory provisions of the SEQRP apply to the RLPRA. The restrictions restrict:
    further fragmentation of land holdings;
    urban development, except within established villages;
    the expansion of rural residential development outside areas already allocated in local
      government planning schemes.
Division 3.1 of the State planning regulatory provisions identifies subdivisions that are considered
to be complaint subdivisions (a copy of this provision is contained at Attachment 2). The existing
approval does not satisfy these criteria and is therefore identified by the regulatory provisions as
a subdivision which may not occur.
Accordingly it is considered that the proposed extension of time does not accord with the current
policies and regulatory requirements of the SEQRP. The development would result in the
creation of an urban settlement within an area where the intent is to protect the landscape and
capacity for rural production. The proposed urban development is not located within an
established village and would result in fragmentation of land holdings outside of areas already
allocated for such purpose by the Noosa Plan.
ShapingSEQ is a new draft regional plan for South East Queensland and was released by the
Queensland State Government in October 2016. The new regional plan is expected to be
finalised soon. It will replace the current South East Queensland Regional Plan 2009-2031.
Regional Plans have an outlook of 25 years from when the draft is prepared and therefore
ShapingSEQ is based on projections to 2041.



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