16400ms.ms - Final Town Planning Letter - 24 Sunshine Beach Road (00016125) · MCU15/0076

used for the proposed use, which is 194m2. This area has been calculating based
on the area that will be used for youth meeting etc (109m2) and adding 50% of the
areas used for the reception area, storage, plant, amenities and hallways (85m2)
(170m2/2). As the use is located within an existing building, a 25% reduction should
be applied. Using these areas, the application fee has been calculated as follows:

        Wellbeing base fee                                = $3,198.00
        25% reduction for existing building              -    $799.50
                                                 Total     = $2,398.50

The applicant also requests that this fee be reduced by a further 50% given that it is
registered as a not for profit organisation. Evidence of this status is included in
Attachment B. If the 50% reduction is applied, then the application fee will be
$1,199.25. We look forward to receiving confirmation of this fee in due course.




1.0     Introduction
This letter which includes details of the subject site, the surrounding area and the
nature of the proposed use, also provides an assessment of the proposed
development against the relevant sections of the Noosa Plan 2006 (the planning
scheme) and any applicable State Planning Instruments.

The letter should be read in conjunction with the IDAS development application
forms and the application drawings in Attachment A.




2.0     Site and Surrounding Uses
The application site is located at 24 Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Heads, which is
legally described as lot 238 RP95668. As the drawings in Attachment A illustrate, the
subject area which is 380m2, includes the whole first floor and associated staircases
from ground level. The existing two (2) storey building was previously occupied by
the Commonwealth Bank and the ground floor was used for retail banking
purposes with offices at first floor level. Both floors of the premises are currently
vacant.

In total the subject lot has an area of 506m2 and is rectangular in shape. The site
has a 17m frontage to Sunshine Beach Road. Figure 1 overleaf illustrates that the
existing building covers almost the entire site except for a narrow access strip along
the northern side of the building, which provides pedestrian access to a second
staircase to the first floor level.




August 2015               Proposed Material Change of Use – Wellbeing Type 2 - Social    Page 2
                                    24 Sunshine Beach Road, Noosa Heads