2015-07-30 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                           30 JULY 2015


GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
27 JULY 2015 - Crs Frank Wilkie (Chair), Bob Abbot, Sandy Bolton, Joe Jurisevic,
Frank Pardon, Noel Playford and Tony Wellington


1   FURTHER REPORT - DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF
    USE FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT (SERVICE STATION, SHOP, FAST FOOD
    RESTAURANT, CAR WASH, SELF STORAGE FACILITY AND TOURIST PARK AT 125
    MYALL STREET COOROY (MCU14/0056)
    That Council note the report by the Coordinator Planning to the Planning & Organisation
    Committee Meeting dated 21 July 2015 and refuse Application No. MCU14/0056 for a
    Development Permit for Material Change of Premises for a Mixed Use Development
    comprising: Retail Business Type 5 - Vehicle Uses (Service Station & Car Wash),
    Entertainment & Dining Business Type 1 - Food & Beverages (Fast Food Restaurant), Retail
    Business Type 2 – Shop (Convenience Retail), Industrial Business Type 1 – Warehouse
    (Self-Storage Facility), Visitor Accommodation Type 2 - Caravan Park (Tourist Park), situated
    at 125 Myall St, Cooroy for the following reasons:
    1.   The development raises significant conflicts with The Noosa Plan and its land use
         intent for the rural zone and water supply catchment area.
    2.   The development represents a substantial expansion of Cooroy’s commercial precincts
         that will further disperse and fragment its business centre, which is undesirable.
    3.   The development will compound existing traffic problems at the Myall Street & Elm
         Street intersection, which is undesirable.
    4.   The applicant has not demonstrated sufficient grounds exist to overcome the
         development’s conflicts with The Noosa Plan, with only low to moderate overall need
         apparent for the development.


2   PROPOSED KOALA OFFSET PLANTING ASSOCIATED WITH BRUCE HIGHWAY
    UPGRADE
    That Council note the report by the Manager, Planning & Environment to the Planning &
    Organisation Committee Meeting dated 21 July 2015 and agree to write to the Department
    of Transport and Main Roads requesting that:
    A.   The Department provide a commitment that koala habitat offset plantings associated
         with the Bruce Highway upgrade clearing in Noosa Shire be fully located within the
         Noosa Shire;
    B.   The Department consult with Noosa Council if further offset planting sites are required
         to meet their koala habitat offset obligations;
    C.   The Department reconsider the proposed koala habitat offset sites adjacent to the
         Bruce Highway and consult with Noosa Council on the location of appropriate offset
         sites that will result in a net benefit to koalas;
    D.   That such koala habitat offset sites under consideration not be restricted to Department
         owned land; and
    C.E. The koala habitat offset areas be protected from future development impacts on habitat
         by permanently securing the sites for conservation purposes in accordance with the
         Offsets for Net Gain of Koala Habitat in South East Queensland Policy.; and
    D.   The Department consult with Noosa Council about any proposed clearing of native
         vegetation mapped by the Noosa Plan’s Biodiversity Overlay on the proposed koala
         habitat offset sites.



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