MCU23/0101 Application For Short-term Accommodation At 561 Gympie Kin Kin Road, Kin Kin · Attachment 2 – (MCU23/0101) – Planning Officer’S Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                       11 JUNE 2024

2.     SITE DETAILS
2.1. Site Description
The site is located approximately 6km from the Kin Kin village and has an area of 2.25ha. A 2-
storey dwelling house has been built generally central to the site on the site’s knoll. The site
generally slopes up from Gympie Kin Kin Road and down to the southwest to Kin Kin Creek where
part of the site is mapped as being subject to flooding and inundation. The site is mostly cleared
of vegetation and is grassed.
2.2. Surrounding Land Uses
The site is in a rural setting with the area containing larger rural and rural residential properties.
The nearest dwelling is approximately 70 metres to the south of the site’s dwelling, with a dwelling
to the southwest approximately 200 metres away. The submitter lives approximately 370 metres
to the northeast of the dwelling.
3.     ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
•      State Planning Policy;
•      South East Queensland Regional Plan 2017;
•      Planning Regulation 2017;
•      Noosa Plan 2020.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
The Noosa Plan 2020 is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) and
the SPP raises no further issues relevant to the proposed development.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area of the SEQ Regional
Plan. The proposal is consistent with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.
Planning Regulation 2017
The site is mapped as a Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area under the SEQ Regional
Plan. A Tourist activity is only referrable to the state and assessable against the Planning
Regulation 2017 assessment benchmarks where:
•    The use results in a gross floor area of more than 5,000m2 excluding any part used for tourist
     accommodation or accommodation or employees.
•    Involves an ancillary commercial or retail activity with a gross floor area of more than 250m2.
•    Provides accommodation for more than 300 persons.
The proposal does not exceed any of these requirements.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The subject site is located in Kin Kin and is zoned Rural under The Noosa Plan 2020. The proposed
use is identified as a consistent use within the zone and is required to follow an impact assessable
application process. The application is made impact assessable by the Noosa Plan’s assessment
tables due to the site being under 4ha, having an area of 2.25ha. The application would otherwise
be code assessable.
Accordingly, the application must be assessed against the whole of Noosa Plan 2020 to the extent
the provisions are relevant to the development.