Martoo Planning Report

                                                                                                        proposal report




4.0 Pre-lodgement
A pre-lodgement meeting was undertaken with Noosa Council officers on 4th September 2017 with
Patrick Murphy, Mark Lewis and Conor Neville to discuss planning requirements and key issues
applicable to this development application. As a result of issues relating to vegetation an
inspection of the site was undertaken with Noosa Council’s Environmental Officer, Conor Neville
and representatives of Carramar, Jane Davisson and Stefan Prystupa on 22nd September 2017.

A copy of the pre-lodgement meeting minutes is contained in Appendix A.

Table 4: Summary of key issues
Issue                        Council response                                         Applicant response
Flooding                                          Site is in a known flood area.      A flood study prepared by
                                                  Noted that proposed use will        Cardno Engineers is submitted
                                                  require a higher level of flood     along with a statement from Tod
                                                  immunity and application to         Engineers.      The     proposed
                                                  demonstrate compliance with         buildings      and     associated
                                                  Noosa      Plan   and     State     infrastructure     have     been
                                                  Planning Policy.                    designed above the flood line.

Stormwater                                        Stormwater       management An           Integrated      Water
                                                  plans to address stormwater & Management plan prepared by
                                                  quality                       Callaghan and Toth Engineers is
                                                                                attached     as    part of   the
                                                                                application.

Biodiversity                                      Expansion of the development         A report has been prepared by
                                                  footprint will result in the loss   Callaghan and Toth addressing
                                                  of suitable habitat for local       the Biodiversity Code and notes
                                                  species and cause localised         that a significant portion of the
                                                  extinctions.         Biodiversity   eastern portion of the site has
                                                  Overlay Code does not               been altered and that the critical
                                                  support            development      habitat areas have been retained.
                                                  expanding eastwards due to
                                                  impacts on the fauna and flora
                                                  habitat.

Carparking                                        Additional beds will result in      A carparking assessment has
                                                  an increase in staff therefore      been undertaken and an
                                                  additional carparking should        additional 18 spaces have been
                                                  be addressed.                       provided on site noting that no
                                                                                      residents drive and carparking is
                                                                                      provided for staff and visitors.




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