2020-02-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               11 FEBRUARY 2020


The applicant’s consultant has further advised that the applicant is agreeable to conditions
requiring the site to be renewed by repainting both the existing and proposed buildings with neutral
but complementary colours; on-site landscaping in accordance with the planning scheme policy;
and street trees to be provided at the frontage of the site. The following conditions are
recommended accordingly:
Building Appearance
The development (including the existing building) must be finished with subdued and
complimentary external building colours.
The northeast wall of the development must be finished with a minimum of two (2) neutral colours
to visually break up the wall and maintain an external building appearance of two (2) storeys.
Landscaping
Probable Solution S1.1 of the Landscaping Code states Landscaped areas, not less than the
minimum areas and dimensions specified… …are provided and maintained. Minimum area – 15%
of the site area.
The proposal provides landscaped areas over a total of 6.5% of the site area (150m2), in lieu of
15% (347.25m2) required by the code.
Under the planning scheme at the time of the original development, the site was required to be
provided with landscaped open space area of not less than 20% of the gross floor area of all
industrial buildings on the site. The original development complied with this requirement, by
providing a landscaped area of 102m2 for a building area of 432m2, being only 4.4% of the site
area overall. Council’s Building Department advises an extension to the building was approved
circa 1989 (year after the original approval), however no plans or details are available from Council
records.
With regard to landscaping, the applicant submits the following:
     Although not providing for the full 15% landscaping requirement as sought by Probable Solution
     S1.1 of the Landscaping Code, the design increases the existing landscaping on the site from
     90m2 to 150m2 .The relevant Specific Outcomes seeks for new development to retain existing
     vegetation and enhance buffer areas around property boundaries; suit the relative size and
     nature of the development and its setting and conceal service areas.
     The proposed additional landscaping is located in areas around the perimeter of the building
     and increases the size of the existing buffer areas in the corners of the site. This is also an
     opportunity to provide for more meaningful plantings within the existing landscaped areas.
     Considering the existing minimal landscaping and hardstand areas, the proposal reduces the
     amount of hardstand areas and allows for landscaping in front of carparking and service areas
     in accordance with the relevant Specific Outcomes.
The proposed increased landscaped areas will contribute an enhanced outcome to the existing
site. It is recommended conditions be included to require the existing and proposed landscaped
areas to be replanted with plantings in accordance with the planning scheme policy and two street
trees to be provided at the frontage of the site between the site driveways.
4.     DRAFT PLANNING SCHEME
The Draft Noosa Plan identifies Warehouse (Self Storage Facility) uses as inconsistent in the Low
and Medium Impact Industry Zones.
The applicant’s consultant advises the subject site and business is one of only two self storage
businesses in Cooroy and provides an affordable alternative to other storage facilities within the
shire. The existing and proposed use of the site dates back to circa 1988.




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