MCU24/0074 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR FOOD AND DRINK OUTLET AND SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION (16 UNITS) AT 203 & 207 GYMPIE TERRACE, NOOSAVILLE · Attachment 2 - (MCU24/0074) - Planner's Report

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                     17 MARCH 2025


The proposed development will be located over a site (207 Gympie Terrace) contained on the QLD
Environmental Management Register (EMR). Section 21(3A) of the Planning Regulation
prescribes the Chief Executive of DSDIP (i.e. SARA) as the assessment manager for development
triggered by Schedule 10, Part 4, Division 1 (contaminated land). A separate application will be
required to be made to SARA in order for a site suitability statement to be issued for the site
confirming the site can be used for a sensitive land use.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The subject site is in Noosaville and is zoned Tourist Accommodation. The proposed uses are
identified as consistent uses within the zone and are required to follow a code assessable
application process.
The application must be assessed against each of the following codes to the extent they are
relevant to the development:
•    Noosaville Local plan code;
•    Tourist accommodation zone code;
•    Visitor Accommodation code;
•    Business activities code;
•    Land subject to acid sulphate soils overlay;
•    Flood hazard overlay;
•    Works code.
The application has been found to generally comply with all applicable statutory instruments. The
pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:

 Criteria                    Planning               Proposal                            Complies
                             Scheme                                                       with
                                                                                       Acceptable
                                                                                       Outcomes
                                                                                          (AO)

 Building height
 •    Storeys                3 storeys max          3 storeys and roof top terrace          X
                                                                                       (basement
                                                                                       more than
                                                                                        1.0 metre
                                                                                          above
                                                                                         ground
                                                                                          level)
 •    metres                 12 metres              Top of roof top gazebo RL15.6 =        X
                                                    12.9 metres building height
                                                    above flood free floor level and
                                                    approximately     13.9    meters
                                                    above ground level.
                                                    Roof Facia RL12.9 = 10.2 metres
                                                    building height above flood free
                                                    floor level and approximately
                                                    11.5 meters above ground level.

 Site cover                  45 %                   53%                                    X

 Gross floor area            3,000m² max            2,995 m²                               

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