Changes application for Council · 51987.2900.1

Assessing and Deciding Request for Change

Section 81(2) and (3) of the Planning Act 2016 specifies what the responsible entity must consider
when assessing and deciding applications for minor changes:

       (2) When assessing the change application, the responsible entity must consider—
           (a) the information the applicant included with the application; and
           (b) if the responsible entity is the assessment manager and submissions were properly
               made about the development application—the submissions; and
           (c) any pre-request response notice or response notice given in relation to the change
               application; and
           (d) all matters the responsible entity would or may assess against or have regard to, if the
               change application were a development application; and
           (e) another matter that the responsible entity considers relevant.
       (3) For subsection (2)(d), the responsible entity—
           (a) must assess against, or have regard to, the matters that applied when the development
               application was made; and
           (b) may assess against, or have regard to, the matters that applied when the change
               application was made.

If an application for accommodation buildings were to be remade today under The Noosa Plan, the
approved uses would be defined as Visitor Accommodation Type 4 (accommodation buildings, including
manager’s unit) and Entertainment & Dining Business Type 3 (Hotel pub). Both uses are consistent on the
site, subject to impact assessment.

The relevant Overall Outcomes for the Village Mix Zone seek for buildings and other works of a scale and
form consistent with the rural setting and village context within which they are located, and contribute
positively to the streetscape character. The following table outlines the key technical provisions of The
Noosa Plan compared with the existing development and proposed changes.

                                          Assessment of changes
Technical    The Noosa Plan               Existing         Proposal                    Compliance
Provision
Setbacks     Village Mix zone             14.5m to Hector St;      3.0m to Hector      The proposed additions do
             Frontage – no setback        and                      St,                 not strictly accord to the 6m
             required for the ground      1.5m to the pathway                          setback requirement to the
             floor and 2m for the first   along the western                            Hector St frontage.
             floor.                       boundary                                     The site is surrounded by
                                                                                       road frontage on all four
             Exceptions for Visitor                                                    sides. The Hector St frontage
             Accommodation Type 4 –                                                    is an unformed road reserve
             Frontage 6m; and                                                          that is heavily vegetated. The
             other boundaries 3m for                                                   additions maintain the visual
             buildings 4.5m to 7.5m                                                    continuity and pattern of
                                                                                       buildings and landscape
                                                                                       elements      on    the    site,
                                                                                       consistent with the Specific
                                                                                       Outcomes Locality Code.
Height       1 storey and 8 metres        1 storey and <8m         1 storey and <8m    Complies
Plot Ratio   1.0:1, within extensively    The existing buildings   The additional      Complies
             landscaped setting, with     cover an area of         manager’s unit
             access from Laguna St        approximately 950m2      and office
             only.                        over the 1.42 ha site.   represents an
                                                                   additional 46m2
Roof Form    Min 12 degrees and min.      The existing             The proposed        The proposed office and
             600mm eaves to 75% of        accommodation            21m2 office and     single bedroom manager’s
             building.                    building includes a 25   35m2 manager’s      residence are new buildings
                                          degree pitch and         residence           with a large verandah eave
                                          eaves around the         includes a 5        and a 5 degree roof pitch
                                          entire building.         degree roof pitch   sloping to the south. The
                                                                   and a 1.3m          buildings are more than 55m
                                                                   eave/deck to the    away from Laguna Street and
                                                                   northern façade.    present as individual buildings
                                                                                       that do not mimick the