2020-04-30 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                                 30 APRIL 2020


The proposed real estate office conflicts with the above overall outcomes as the proposed
commercial use is not located in the Peregian Beach village and is proposed on land intended to be
developed for detached housing. Despite these conflicts with the Overall Outcomes, an existing
development approval for a nursery is current for the site and the site has been lawfully used for a
commercial purpose for an extended period of time. Furthermore, the proposal does not require the
development of any new buildings or structures as the office is accommodated within an existing
building and replaces a lawfully existing commercial use which was permitted to occur in that part of
the building. The proposed real estate office will also not result in any new or additional impacts to
the approved use of the site for a nursery as the use is limited to sales only with a maximum of 2
staff on site. Furthermore attendance at the site by clients is anticipated to be limited as the majority
of client interaction is proposed to occur in people’s residence.
Land Use & Works Provisions
The application has been assessed against applicable codes. The pertinent issues arising out of the
assessment against the codes are discussed below:
Car parking
The application material submitted with the application advises that there will be a maximum of 2
staff on site, comprising one real estate agent and personal assistant. The applicant asserts the
impact on car parking will be negligible as the majority of clients associated with the real estate
business do not attend the office as meetings with clients are generally held at their residence.
Further discussions with the applicant have also confirmed that rental listings are not included as
part of the operation of the real estate agency and therefore attendance to the site will be limited to
clients associated with property sales only.
The Car Parking and Driveways Code stipulates a rate for an office of 1 car space per 20m 2 with a
minimum of 4 spaces required. Accordingly, the proposed 32m 2 of office space requires 4 car parking
spaces. However, given the nature of the operation it is considered to require 4 car parking spaces
for only 32m2 of use area and 2 staff. It is more appropriate to assess the car parking at a rate of 1
space per 20m2 of use area noting that this is consistent with the car parking rate under the draft
planning scheme for a real estate office. On this basis 1.5 additional spaces are required for the
proposed office. Based on the current planning scheme car parking rate for a nursery of 1 space per
60m2 the proposed 32m2 of office area within this building has credit for 0.5 car spaces. The
submitted plans include a staff car parking area to the rear of the site with sufficient area to
accommodate 2 car spaces. It is recommended that conditions be included relating to the provision
and use of these car spaces to protect the surrounding residential amenity.
4.    DRAFT PLANNING SCHEME
Under the draft Noosa Plan the site is zoned Low Density Residential which is comparable with the
current zoning of the land. As such, the proposed land use remains inconsistent with the strategic
intent for site.
5.    CONSULTATION
5.1. Referral Agencies
The application was not required to be referred to any Referral Agencies.
5.2. Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council officers:
     Development Engineer




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