Planning Report - 6-10 Diamond Street, Cooroy 27.12.18

7. State Planning Interests
South East Queensland Regional Plan

The subject site is located within the Urban Footprint Area as determined by the South East Queensland
Regional Plan (Figure 4).




                                       Figure 4: SEQ Regional Plan Land Use Category Map
                                                Source: DSDIP online DA mapping




State Planning Policy

A new State Planning Policy (SPP) was introduced on 3rd July 2017 and defines the Queensland
Government’s policies about matters of state interest in land use planning and development. The SPP
only applies to development assessment if the planning scheme has not yet appropriately integrated the
SPP. If there is a discrepancy between a local planning scheme and a state planning policy, then what is
outlined in the state planning policy overrides the planning scheme. The Noosa Plan does not reflect the SPP
and assessment against the SPP is required. The State interest policies and assessment benchmarks in Part E of
the State Planning Policy are addressed below in Table 8.


Table 8: State Planning Interests

                                    State Interest Policies and Assessment Benchmarks
 Liveable communities and housing             The proposal is for a mixed-use precinct which includes residential, business
                                              and retail uses. The proposal includes four above shop residential units
 i)    Housing supply and diversity
                                              providing the community with an alternative housing built-form.
 ii)   Liveable communities
                                              The subject site is within close proximity to public transport options and
                                              community, retail and dining amenities – creating a livable, walkable
                                              community. As illustrated in the Architectural Plans (Appendix A) the
                                              proposal includes a climate responsive design incorporating large windows,
                                              balconies and eaves. The units are appropriately sited and oriented to take

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