MCU22/0094 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A CHILDCARE CENTRE AT 28 EENIE CREEK ROAD, NOOSAVILLE · Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                                11 JUNE 2024


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Coordinator, Planning to the Planning & Environment Committee
Meeting dated 11 June 2024 regarding Application No. MCU22/0094 for a Material Change of Use
for a Childcare centre, situated at 28 Eenie Creek Rd Noosaville and:

A. Refuse the application for the following reasons:

   1. The proposed development is not consistent with condition no. 53 of Development Permit to
      Reconfigure a Lot (1 lot into 23 lots) RAL18/0023 as the proposal does not include the
      required     10m       wide       landscaped      garden        bed      to     Hofmann
      Drive.
   2. The proposal is not consistent with the Strategic Intent and Strategic Outcomes 3.3.1(o), and
      3.3.5 (s)(i) (D) of the Noosa Plan 2020 as the proposal fails to incorporate the 10m wide
      landscaping required to Hofmann Drive to achieve the parklike, vegetated setting envisaged
      for      the       centre     which       is      synonymous         with    the      Noosa
      style.

   3. The proposal is not consistent with acceptable and performance outcomes AO5, PO5,
      AO7.4, PO7 of the Noosaville Local Plan Code a:
         a. The development does not retain or propose to enhance the required 10m wide
         landscaped garden bed to Hofmann Drive which is important to contribute and create the
         character sought for the Noosa Business Centre.
   4. The proposal is not consistent with the overall outcome (3)(f) and (4) acceptable and
      performance outcomes AO32.4, AO32.5, AO32.6, PO32 and PO33 of the Major Centre Zone
      as:
        a. Reducing the width of the landscaped garden beds required to Hofmann Drive,
           particularly where this approach is continued for the remainder of the lots with frontage
           to Hofmann Drive, will compromise and impact the ability to achieve a centre which is
           overall recognisable as having a Noosa style.
        b. The proposal does not retain, incorporate, or enhance the existing vegetation within the
           required 10m wide landscaped garden bed to Hofmann Drive, which is important to
           enhance the visual amenity and natural landscape character of the Noosa Business
           Centre.
        c. The proposal disrupts the landscaped streetscape treatment required to Hofmann Drive
           intended to enhance the amenity and contribute positively to the centre’s
           character.
        d. The proposed use is an inconsistent use in the Major Centre Zone Code – Business
           Park Precinct will not deliver the commercial and employment uses intended for the
           Precinct such as health and wellbeing, education, research and technology and
           knowledge-based industries.
        e. The bio retention basin at the front of the site is located within the required setback area
            and in front of the proposed carparking area which results in the development being
            more     visible    to  the     road     and       not    located     in   a    park    like
            setting.
   5. The proposal is not consistent with overall outcome 2(a), (d) and performance outcome PO8
      of the Sustainable Building Design Code as the development does not provide a minimum
      floor                   to                   ceiling                    height                  of
      2.7m.