2021-09-07 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               7 SEPTEMBER 2021




                                      Figure 2 – Proposal Plans


2.    SITE DETAILS
2.1   Site and Surrounding Description
The site is located on the corner of Woodland Drive and Rufous Street, is currently vacant with a
telephone exchange located on its eastern boundary and the Peregian Beach Community House
and Digital Hub in proximity. Further south along David Low Way is an approved medical centre with
public open space to the immediate south west. Detached houses are located opposite the site in
Woodland Drive, with the Peregian village located further south east of the site.
3     ASSESSMENT
3.1   Superseded Planning Scheme Request
Under the Planning Act 2016 a person may within 1 year after commencement of the Noosa Plan
2020, make a SPS request.
A SPS request is a written request to Council:
     To accept, assess and decide a development application under a superseded planning
      scheme; or
     To apply a superseded planning scheme to a development that was accepted development
      (no approval required).
Under the Planning Regulation 2017, Council must decide whether or not to agree to a SPS request
within 30 business days after the request is received, which may be extended where the applicant
agrees in writing before the period ends. If no decision is made by Council within the required time
frame, the Council is taken to have agreed to the SPS request.
If the Council decides to agree or is taken to have agreed to the request, the superseded planning
application must be made within 6 months to Council or where the proposal is accepted development
under the SPS commence the use within 6 years of the Decision Notice being given.

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