Appendix B - Code Assessment.pdf

Noosa Plan 2020: Amendment 3
Part 6 Zones \ 6.8 Other Zones Category \ 6.8.1 Community Facilities Zone Code




 PO1                                                         No acceptable outcome provided   Complies on balance.
 The Community facilities zone accommodates a range
 of community activities, infrastructure activities, special                                  The proposal involves the adaptive reuse of an
 residential uses, recreation activities and limited low                                      existing, vacant former child care centre building as
 scale ancillary business uses.                                                               Rooming Accommodation. Rooming Accommodation
                                                                                              is a special residential use contemplated within the
                                                                                              Community Facilities Zone and is specifically
                                                                                              identified as an acceptable form of residential
                                                                                              development under AO8. The proposal is low
                                                                                              intensity, residential in nature and compatible with
                                                                                              the adjoining medium density residential context.
                                                                                              The use will not prejudice the operation or expansion
                                                                                              of any existing community facility on the site, noting
                                                                                              that the child care centre has ceased operating. The
                                                                                              proposal therefore supports the role and function of
                                                                                              the zone by providing a contemplated form of
                                                                                              residential accommodation within an existing
                                                                                              building.
 PO2                                                      No acceptable outcome provided      Complies on balance.
 Development maintains the ongoing provision and use
 of Community Facilities zoned land for community                                             The former child care centre is no longer operating
 related purposes.                                                                            and the building is vacant. The proposal does not
                                                                                              permanently remove an operating community facility
                                                                                              from the locality, but rather provides an interim
                                                                                              Rooming Accommodation use within the existing
                                                                                              building. The use is consistent with the broader
                                                                                              residential character of the surrounding area and can
                                                                                              be reconsidered if the site is rezoned for medium
                                                                                              density residential purposes in the future.
 PO3                                                      No acceptable outcome provided      Alternative outcome supported.
 Development-
 (a) is consistent with the specific purpose as                                               The annotated purpose of the land relates to the
      annotated on the zone map; or                                                           former child care centre use. That use has ceased
 (b) where the annotated purpose is no longer                                                 and has reportedly experienced declining demand,
      meeting a community need, replaces it with                                              including due to amenity and safety concerns
      another community related use; or                                                       associated with overlooking from the adjoining
 (c) where there is no specific purpose annotated on                                          multiple dwelling development. A new child care
                                                                                              centre has also been approved within the Shire

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