2020-08-20 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                        20 AUGUST 2020


                  Strategic Framework and 3.1.3 k) of the Desired Environmental Outcomes;
                  and
             b)   the proposed lagoon/wave pool is at odds with the natural setting, is not low
                  key and does not facilitate education and interpretation of the natural
                  environment, and instead relies on built infrastructure as the tourist attraction
                  contrary to 1.7.8 d) of the Strategic Plan and 3.1.3 k) of the Desired
                  Environmental Outcomes.
        4.   The proposal does not comply with the Overall Outcomes a), e), g), h), r), s), u),
             and oo) and Specific Outcomes O1 and O9 of the Noosa North Shore Locality
             Code, as the proposal:
             a)   is not directly related to recreational experiences offered in the locality, which
                  are based around the area’s natural environment;
             b)   is not consistent with maintaining the locality’s remote setting and
                  undeveloped character being an area largely dedicated to conservation;
             c)   is likely to adversely impact on the amenity of visitors and residents on the
                  Noosa North Shore;
             d)   is not secondary to its open space setting with a very low intensity and scale
                  of operation;
             e)   will undermine the ability of the North Shore to offer visitor accommodation;
             f)   is likely to require a large number of water tankers to initially fill and continue
                  to top up the wave pool which will impact on other ferry users and residents
                  along the road access; and
             g)   would result in significant adverse impacts on biodiversity, native vegetation,
                  native fauna habitat, landscape quality, and ground water quality as a result
                  of clearing, excavation and waste water disposal.
        5.   The proposal does not comply with the Overall Outcomes a) and c) and Specific
             Outcomes O3, and O35 of the Visitor Accommodation Code, as the proposal:
             a)   is not of a scale and nature complementary and respectful to its
                  surroundings, has not been designed to integrate with the natural landscape
                  setting and will result in adverse environmental impacts;
             b)   is not compatible with and does not promote the natural environment.
        6.   The proposal does not comply with the Overall Outcomes a), b) c), d) and g) and
             Specific Outcomes O1, O3, O4, O7, O8, O11, O14, O15, O16, O18 and O19 of the
             Biodiversity Overlay Code, as the proposal would result in significant adverse
             impacts on the natural environment as a result of:
             a)   clearing of threatened species habitat of high value regrowth vegetation;
             b)   the potential to pollute a wetland with high ecological values through waste
                  water disposal.
        7.   The development proposal is inconsistent with the 2020 Noosa Plan, in which the
             land is zoned tourist accommodation, the provisions of which seek to restrict the
             subject land for visitor accommodation and to preserve the amenity of the area and
             natural vegetation in a similar manner to the 2006 Noosa Plan.
        8.   Since the time of lodgement of the development application the State mapping has
             been updated, the subject land being now mapped as a koala priority area and
             core koala habitat area in which development is prohibited under the Planning
             Regulation 2017 to the extent it interferes with koala habitat.



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