2022-04-12 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    12 APRIL 2022


Comments relating to building design, Tewantin built form and engineering design requirements
were also provided.
An application for a Material Change of Use of 8 dwelling units was formally lodged with Council
on 29 April 2021 with an information request issued on 1 June 2021. The information request listed
14 items to be addressed including:
•     Plot ratio to be reduced to comply with scheme provisions
•     Engineering – stormwater, earthworks and carparking
•     Built form
•     Privacy
•     Landscaping
•     Site cover (original proposal complied with site cover however it was flagged that potential
      changes to layout would also need to comply)
A preliminary response was provided by the applicant on 4 August 2021 wherein the applicants’
planning consultant acknowledged that the Noosa Plan did not envisage Gold Standard All Ability
Housing and detailed that they had reduced gross floor area, but still required a relaxation to
provide a good design outcome for liveable housing.
Following further discussions, the applicant submitted revised plans and supporting material on 9
December 2021 and it is these plans that form the basis of the assessment.
2.2. Site Description
The site comprises two rectangular lots located on the southern side of Toolar Street, Tewantin.
25 Toolar Street has an area of 1014m2 and 27 Toolar Street and area of 1004m2. The original
residential dwellings on each site have been removed and the sites are now vacant.
Both sites slope upwards from the Toolar Street frontage to the rear with the highest point located
in the south western corner.
Amenity landscaping located around the original dwellings have been removed as well as a
substantial mango tree and other species.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
The site is surrounded by the following land uses:
•     Eastern boundary – six units in a two-storey development
•     Western boundary – single storey residential dwellings
•     Southern boundary – 5 units (Elandra) in a one and two storey development and 6 units
      (Mahwah) in a two storey development
•     Northern boundary opposite the site – low set residential dwellings.
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;
•     Planning Regulation 2017;
•     Noosa Plan 2020.
3.2   State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
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.


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