Planning Report

4.0     Assessment of Local Planning Provisions

4.1     Relevant Planning Scheme

The Local Government planning scheme this development application is subject to assessment against is
the Noosa Plan 2020. A summary of the assessment of the proposal against the provisions of the relevant
aspects of the planning scheme is outlined below.

4.1.1   Proposal Definition

The proposal is defined by the Noosa Plan 2020 as follows:

Low Impact Industry means – the use of premises for an industrial activity—
a) that is the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing,
    transferring or treating of products; and
b) that a local planning instrument applying to the premises states is a low impact industry; and
c) that complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in a local planning instrument applying to the
    premises, including, for example, thresholds relating to the number of products manufactured or the
    level of emissions produced by the activity.
and
Warehouse means – the use of premises for-
a) storing or distributing goods, whether or not carried out in a building; or
b) the wholesale of goods, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

Assessment – The land uses listed above accurately reflect what is proposed by this application, being 21
industrial units, which will be utilised for a low impact industry use or a warehouse use.

4.1.2   Level of Assessment

The proposed development application is made code assessable pursuant to Part 5 development
assessment Table 5.5.10 Medium Impact Industry of the Noosa Plan 2020. The level of assessment is
unchanged by the development assessment Table 5.9.1 Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay.

4.1.3   Local Plan Area

The subject land is included within the bounds of the Noosaville Local Plan Area. An assessment of the
proposed development against the relevant overall outcomes of the Noosaville Local Plan Area Code is
provided in Table 7 below:

Table 7: Assessment of the Noosaville Local Plan Code Overall Outcomes
 Overall Outcome                                    Applicant Response
 (b) Development within the Noosaville local plan The subject site is located within the Urban Area
 area is limited to land within the urban boundary Boundary of the Planning Scheme.
 so as to protect and reinforce the character and
 identity of Noosaville, provide for the efficient




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