2021-10-12 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  12 OCTOBER 2021


South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint of the SEQ Regional Plan. The proposal is consistent
with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.
Planning Regulation 2017
The proposal is for an urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the
assessment benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Region.
The application is for an ‘Other’ change. The proposal is not a minor change as it is considered to
be a substantially different development for the following reasons:
It dramatically changes the appearance of the building;
Alters the bulk and scale of the building;
Changes what was 2 dwellings into 1 larger dwelling.
3.3    Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The application must be assessed against the whole of Noosa Plan 2020 to the extent the
provisions are relevant to the development.
The applicant was requested by Officers to agree to extend the decision making period until 21
October 2021 to allow the report to be considered by Council, but the applicant declined this
request. Therefore, this application should have been decided by the original decision date of 13
September 2021. Accordingly, the date Council decides this application will be outside the
timeframes sought under the Planning Act 2016. As the application is impact assessable the
‘deemed approval’ provisions do not relate to this application and there is no risk to Council in
deciding this application after the decision due date.
Locality Provisions
The subject site is in the Noosa Heads Local Plan area and is zoned Tourist accommodation. The
site is within the Hastings Street Mixed Use Precinct and the use is identified as a consistent use
with the zone and is required to follow an impact assessable application process.
The application has been found to generally comply with all applicable statutory instruments. The
pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:

 Criteria                   Planning Scheme   Existing             Proposal                Complies
                                              development          Includes additional
                                              Site Area (4931m²)   parameters

 Building height
 •    storeys               4 storeys max     4 storeys            4 storeys               ✓
 •    metres                15 metres         ~<15 metres          14 metres               ✓

 Site cover                 45% max           35.83%               36.51%                  ✓
                            (2219.85m²)                            (Additional 33.6m²)
                                                                   (0.68% additional)

 Plot ratio / Gross floor   5680m² max        3329.14m²            3373 m²                 ✓
 area                                                              (Additional 44m²)

 Length of wall             15 metres max                          14 metres               ✓

 Carparking                 2 covered min     2 covered            1 covered & 1           X
                                                                   uncovered

 Ratio units: non-          20:1              12.5:1               12:1                    X
 residential


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