MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Town Planning Report & Appendix A Code Compliance

                                                                                                            Town Planning Report
                             28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville and parts of the road reserves of Hofmann Drive and Walter Hay Drive



 Retail Business
 (Type 7 Garden and                                 $140 / m2 GFA                             $10 / m2 of impervious GFA
 Lifestyle Centre)
 Wellbeing
                                                     $70 / m2 GFA                             $10 / m2 of impervious GFA
 (Type 2 Social)
 Service and Utility             Determined by Council based on the nature of the
                                                                                              $10 / m2 of impervious GFA
 (Type 2 Installation)                                use

It is noted, however, that the site is subject to an existing Infrastructure Agreement (Agreement). The
Agreement, dated 3 October 2003, was entered into by Mirose Pty Ltd and the former Noosa Shire Council.
The Agreement is an Infrastructure Agreement for the purposes of the SPA.

6.2.3         South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions
The site is located within a Koala Assessable Development Area under the South East Queensland Koala
Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions.
Division 7 of the State Planning Regulatory Provisions is applicable to the proposal and provides assessment
criteria for development proposals, a response to which is provided in the below table.

 Assessment Criteria                                            Applicant’s Response
 1. To the extent the premises is outside the Urban             Not Applicable
 Footprint and not in an urban area under a planning            The site is located within the Urban Footprint.
 scheme, site design does not result in the clearing of
 non-juvenile koala habitat trees in areas of bushland
 habitat.
 2. To the extent the premises is inside the Urban              Complies
 Footprint, site design must avoid clearing non-juvenile        The proposed Noosa Civic expansion will necessitate the
 koala habitat trees in areas of bushland habitat, with any     clearing of approximately 7.2ha of koala medium value
 unavoidable clearing minimised and significant residual        bushland habitat and medium value rehabilitation habitat
 impacts counterbalanced under the Environmental                that supports approximately 3,118 non-juvenile koala habitat
 Offsets Act 2014.                                              trees. This unavoidable clearing will be offset as a financial
                                                                settlement under the Queensland Environmental Offset
                                                                Policy 2014.
 3. Site design must avoid clearing non-juvenile koala          Complies
 habitat trees in areas of high value rehabilitation habitat,   Refer to Response to 2 above.
 and medium value rehabilitation habitat, with any
 unavoidable clearing minimised and significant residual
 impacts counterbalanced under the Environmental
 Offsets Act 2014.
 4. Site design provides safe koala movement                    Complies
 opportunities as appropriate to the development type           An Assessment against the factors outlined in Schedule 2 is
 and habitat connectivity values of the site determined by      presented below:
 reference to the factors for consideration in Schedule 2.
                                                                1. The site’s location with regards to the following:
                                                                a. areas of vegetation that are a koala habitat type—with
                                                                particular focus on bushland habitat, high value
                                                                rehabilitation habitat, and medium value rehabilitation
                                                                habitat;
                                                                The site predominantly includes areas of medium value
                                                                bushland habitat but also includes medium value
                                                                rehabilitation and areas that are generally not suitable.
                                                                b. areas that are remnant or regulated regrowth regional
                                                                ecosystems where koalas are known to occur;
                                                                There are no remnant or regulated regrowth regional
                                                                ecosystems within the site.
                                                                c. areas of ecological significance;
                                                                Areas corresponding with medium value bushland habitat
                                                                are also mapped as MSES on the SPP interactive mapping
                                                                system (DA).
                                                                d. waterway and ecological corridors.


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