2015-09-15 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                            15 SEPTEMBER 2015


Table 1 - Status of development

  Stage          Status of Stage

  Stage 1A       24 Eco-Cabins and leisure centre - completed.

  Stage 1B       Conservation precinct east created (lot 901SP 186169)

  Stage 1C       Conservation precinct west created (lot 900 SP 186169)

  Stage 2A       Eco-Centre constructed, with required car parking, landscaping & road works
                 subject to an infrastructure agreement. (located opposite the site at 200
                 Maximillian Road)

  Stage 2B       24 Eco-Cabins constructed and completed

  Stage 3A       (i) Development Approval for 21 Beach Road Retreats, (due to lapse and subject
                 of this application).
                 (ii) Preliminary Approval for 20 Beach Road Retreats (due to lapse)

  Stage 3B       Development Permit for 24 Eco Cabins, not constructed and lapsed October
                 2014

  Stage 4        Application withdrawn for 18 Eco Cabins

  The Preliminary Approval lapsed in October 2014.

  In October 2008 the developer, Petrac Company, went into liquidation and the National
  Australia Bank appointed receivers to this Noosa North Shore Project. Since that time, the Eco
  Centre site at 200 Maximillian Drive, the undeveloped portion of the Eastern Development
  Visitor Precinct and the whole of the Western Development Visitor Precinct has been sold to
  individual entities.
  It is important to note all Beach Road works, infrastructure provisioning and conservation land
  dedication required by the Preliminary Approval and Portal Code to support the whole
  development have been provided, except for a footpath along the sites frontage, which Council
  has called upon bond monies for the works, and a footpath to the beach, which is subject to an
  Infrastructure Agreement.

Notably the Eco-Centre referred to in Stage 2A is located on the site opposite the Noosa North
Shore Eco-Tourism Portal development site. This was the subject of a further application to
Council, wherein it was agreed the Eco-Centre could be built on this site.

As noted in Table 1 above, applications for all stages of the Portal Code have been submitted and
approved by Council, lapsed or withdrawn. Approximately half the eastern development visitor
precinct has been completed with the construction of 48 Eco–Cabins, leisure centre and manager’s
residence. The Eco Cabins can be seen in Figure 2 above. The balance of the eastern
development visitor precinct is a separate lot and remains undeveloped with the development
approvals having lapsed or have been withdrawn.

The western development visitor precinct also remains undeveloped with 41 guest lodges
approved by 2 approvals (132007.742.01 & 132008.1779.05), which are due to lapse. Both the
lapsing approvals are before Council in separate reports, to extend their relevant period. Figure 3
below identifies the western development visitor precinct (Stage 3), the sub stages and the relevant
development approvals.

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