MCU15/0017 - Development Application

Town Planning Report
28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville

State Planning Regulatory Provision (Adopted Charges) August 2013 Applicable
Yeerongpilly Transit Oriented Development State Planning Regulatory November 2011 Not Applicable
Provision

5.2.5 State Planning Policy

The State Planning Policy was released in December 2013 and has subsequently been amended in July
2014. As required by section 314(2)(d) of the SPA, an assessment manager must have regard to State
Planning Policies, if they are not identified in the planning scheme as being appropriately reflected in the
planning scheme. The State Planning Policy is not reflected in The Noosa Plan.

Part E of the State Planning Policy includes interim development assessment requirements, which are
applicable where the relevant planning scheme has not yet appropriately integrated the State interests in the
State Planning Policy. The requirements contained within Part E relate to the following State interests:

« liveable communities;
mining and extractive resources;
e biodiversity;
* coastal environment;
e water quality;
* natural hazards;
¢ emissions and hazardous activities;
e — state transport infrastructure; and
¢ — strategic airports and aviation facilities.
Of the State interests listed above, the following are identified by Part E as being applicable to the proposal:

¢ biodiversity — material change of use (other than for a dwelling house) on land relating to a matter of
State environmental significance; and

¢ natural hazards — material change of use on land within a flood hazard area and bushfire hazard
area.

An assessment against the relevant sections of the State Planning Policy is provided in Section 6.3 - State
Planning Policy of this report.

5.3 South East Queensland Regional Plan

The South East Queensland Regional Plan 2005 — 2026 (SEQRP 2005) came into full effect on 30 June
2005. Its primary purpose was to provide a sustainable growth management strategy for the region that

articulates strategic direction and certainty that will accommodate a significant increase in population in SEQ
to 2026.

The SEQRP 2005 was reviewed in 2008 resulting in SEQRP 2009 being released in July 2009.
The site is wholly located within the Urban Footprint.

The Urban Footprint includes existing urban areas and greenfield areas suitable for urban development. It
defines the limits of urban development up to 2031.

Noosa is identified as a MRAC and Maroochydore as a Principal Regional Activity Centre (PRAC) within the
network of regional activity centres identified by the SEQRP 2009.

MRACs are intended to complement PRACs, by serving a catchment of sub-regional significance and
accommodating key concentrations of employment. MRACs are intended to be multi-functional centres of
activity that provide business, service, major retail and convenience functions. As a secondary sub-regional

 

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