FURTHER REPORT - Planning & Environment Committee 6 May 2025 MCU21/0110

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                                 6 MAY 2025


7.2     FURTHER REPORT - MCU21/0110 - APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE -
        RESORT COMPLEX AND ANICILLARY BAR, FOOD AND DRINK OUTLET, OUTDOOR
        SPORT AND RECREATION, AND CLUB (MINOR EXTENSION TO EXISTING
        CLUBHOUSE) AT 61 NOOSA SPRINGS DRIVE, NOOSA HEADS


Author            Development Assessment Manager, Patrick Murphy
                  Development & Regulation Department
Index             ECM/Applications/MCU21/0110
Attachments       1.   ATTACHMENT 1 - MCU21/0110 - PROPOSED CONDITIONS
                  2.   ATTACHMENT 2 - MCU21/0110 - DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT
                       MANAGER'S REPORT
                  3.   ATTACHMENT 3 - MCU21/0110 - OFFICER'S REPORT 11 July 2023
                  4.   ATTACHMENT 4 - MCU21/0110 - OFFICER REPORT 7 November 2023
                  5.   ATTACHMENT 5 - MCU21/0110 - OFFICER REPORT 11 June 2024
                  6.   ATTACHMENT 6 - MCU21/0110 - APPLICANT SUBMISSION 13 October
                       2023
                  7.   ATTACHMENT 7 - MCU21/0110 - PROPOSAL PLANS
                  8.   ATTACHMENT 8 - MCU21/0110 - POOL SIZE COMPARISON


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A report for this application was first presented to Council at the Planning and Environment
Committee on 11 July 2023, at that time the application sought to develop a 106-room hotel on land
within Noosa Springs.
The report addressed a range of issues including the sites split zoning, the potential odour impacts
of the nearby sewage treatment plant, bushfire risk, ecology, carparking and built form. The officer’s
recommendation was to approve the application on the basis that the odour impacts had been
satisfactorily addressed and matters relating to bushfire, ecology, carparking and built form had been
suitably addressed.
The matter was referred to the General Committee Meeting dated 17 July 2023 at which time a
motion was put forward to refuse the application. The motion was successful, and the application
was recommended for refusal.
On 19 July 2023 the applicant stopped the decision-making period until 29 September 2023. As this
was done prior to the Ordinary Meeting of 20 July 2023 Council was not able to finalise a decision
on the application. The decision-making period recommenced on 29 September 2023.
A Further Report was prepared for the Planning and Environment Committee meeting on 7
November 2023, due to the significance of the matter was referred to the General Meeting of 13
November 2023.
At that time the applicant had not amended the layout of the proposed development however had
provided several written submissions which included an analysis of the submissions made during
the notification period, a letter from a solicitor reviewing the proposed grounds of refusal, and a
further letter from the applicant’s planning consultant seeking to justify grounds to support the
development.
The grounds of refusal proposed at the General Committee on July 17, 2023, were reviewed by a
planning solicitor. Accordingly, the updated grounds of refusal were included in the report.