Meeting minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                                    17 JULY 2023


         Committee Recommendation
         Moved:          Cr Brian Stockwell
         Seconded:       Cr Amelia Lorentson
         That Council note the report by the Development Assessment Manager to the
         Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 11 July 2023 regarding
         MCU21/0110 development permit for material change of use for resort complex (106
         rooms), food and drink outlet, bar and outdoor sport and recreation at Links Drive,
         Noosa Heads and

         A. Refuse the Application for the following reasons:

         1. The proposed development of the subject land is inappropriate, in circumstances
         where:

                a. Part of the proposed land use is a resort complex, in circumstances where part
                   of the subject land is outside of the urban growth boundary in Noosa Plan
                   2020;
                b. The proponent seeks to utilise the land for Resort Complex, which is an
                   inconsistent use in the Recreation and Open Space zone;
                c. The proposed development is an overdevelopment of the land, at the expense
                   of the natural values of the land and involves a reduction of land in the
                   Recreation and Open Space zone;
                d. The proposed development would result in the overdevelopment of the subject
                   land, at the expense of its environmental values, as it proposed that an area
                   of existing open space be developed;
                e. It results in the unacceptable clearing of vegetation in an ecologically important
                   area and an environmentally sensitive area;
                f. The built form and density of the proposed development is unacceptable.
         In these respects, the proposed development is inconsistent with the following
         provisions of Noosa Plan 2020:
             i.    Strategic Framework – 3.2.2, 3.2.5, 3.3.2(g), 3.3.1(b) and 3.3.4(b)(p);
            ii.    Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code – 8.2.2.2(2)(a), (b) and
                   (c), Table 8.2.23 PO1, PO3, PO5 and PO12;
           iii.    Recreation and Open Space Zone Code – 6.6.1.2(2)(a)(c)(f)(g) and(s), Table
                   6.6.13 PO1, PO2, PO3, PO4, PO15, PO16, PO17, PO18, PO19 and PO38;
           iv.     Noosa Heads Local Plan Code – 7.2.5.2(2)(b)(e), Table 7.2.5.3 PO5, PO26
                   and PO27

         2. It has not been demonstrated that the proposed development will not involve
         unacceptable acoustic amenity impacts, as:
             a. the acoustic impacts of plant, equipment and services associated with the
                 proposed development have not been adequately assessed;
             b. if it is the case there are indeed acoustic impacts, no measures have been
                 proposed to ameliorate those impacts.

         3. The proposed development conflicts with the State Planning Policy, State interest -
         emissions and hazardous activities as it is in proximity of an existing Sewage
         Treatment Plant and risks inhibiting the sewage treatment plant from functioning
         safely and effectively due to potential reverse amenity impacts.

         4. When read as a whole, the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2017 (SEQRP)
         does not lend support to the proposed use of the land, as:
             a. the SEQRP sets a long term, 50-year vision, establishing aspirations for this
                region up to 2067. Given this, the timing and sequencing of residential
                developments occurring within the Urban Footprint is a finer grained detail, the