2021-10-12 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              12 OCTOBER 2021


3.2     State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
The Noosa Plan 2006 is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) except
for Bushfire. The applicant has provided a Bushfire Hazard Assessment and Management Plan
against The Noosa Plan 2006 and the relevant parts of the State Planning Policy (SPP).
The applicant’s Bushfire Assessment provided recommendations to comply with the SPP, one of
which is a 20m wide access easement for firefighting purposes. The 20m wide easement must
consist of a minimum 4m wide driveway, a 3m wide ‘working area’ on each side of the driveway and
the balance 10m area to be managed to avoid any compromising vegetation (surface hazards).
While the applicant could provide this easement width, the easement is traversing a riparian buffer
and as such requires vegetation removal and compromises the integrity of the riparian and any
possible regeneration work.
This is discussed further in section 3.3 of this report.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Rural Living 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 identified as a Koala Priority Area and contains Koala habitat. Under the Planning
Regulations, the proposed development is prohibited and an application cannot be accepted by
Council unless the clearing associated with the proposal is exempted development.
The applicant has provided confirmation from State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government
and Planning that the plan of subdivision is not ‘prohibited’ development under Schedule 24, due to
the proposed clearing being for a lot boundary. Figure 4 below shows the Koala habitat mapped by
the state in green.




      Figure 4 – Koala habitat in green. The proposal results in clearing of koala habitat for the new boundary.

3.3     Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The application must be assessed against each of the following codes to the extent they are relevant
to the development:

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