2020-07-16 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING REPORT                                                               16 JULY 2020


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Director Environment & Sustainable Development to the
Special Meeting dated 16 July 2020; and
A.   Adopt the Noosa Plan 2020 as amended as a result of State Interest Review and Ministerial
     Conditions, as per attachments 2 – 22 of the report;
B.   Set a date of 31 July 2020 for commencement of the new scheme;
C.   Authorise the CEO to make any minor amendments necessary to the Noosa Plan 2020 prior
     to commencement;
D.   Publicly notify adoption of the scheme in accordance with requirements of the Planning Act;
     and
E.   Provide the Chief Executive of Department State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure
     and Planning a copy of the public notice.



REPORT
1.   Second State Interest Review
On 12 December 2019 Council sought Ministerial endorsement of the new Planning Scheme.
Following this, Council officers spent considerable time with officers of the Department of State
Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning, responding to their questions about the
scheme and refining the content of the draft scheme in response to State considerations.
Council at its meeting of 11 December 2019 authorised the CEO to make any minor changes to
the Noosa Plan 2020 prior to sign off by the Minister for adoption. Accordingly, there were a
number of administrative corrections made for accuracy and usability.
All changes made to the draft scheme since Council adoption on 11 December 2019 are itemised
in Attachment 1 – Edits made since December 2019 – as a result of 2nd State Interest Review and
Ministerial Conditions. Some of these are particularly minor in nature however some do represent
a shift in policy.
2.   Ministerial approval subject to Conditions
On 18 February 2020 Council received advice from the Minister for State Development,
Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning that he is satisfied Council may proceed to adopt the
planning scheme subject to a number of conditions as discussed below. A number of these
conditions required changes before scheme adoption and some warranted very detailed
consideration.
Condition 1 - State Planning Policy (SPP) 2017 – State interest: Natural hazards, risk and
resilience (Erosion prone areas)
Prior to adopting the proposed planning scheme Council must:
A.   Include the following note in section 2.1.1, section 8.2.4.1 and on each map of the Coastal
     Protection and Scenic Amenity Overlay map:
     Editor’s Note – Development in the erosion prone area, as shown on the SPP interactive
     mapping system, will be subject to assessment against the assessment benchmarks –
     natural hazards, risk and resilience within the SPP.
B.   Omit from part 2.1 the references to “policy 2, policy 3 and policy 6 after coastal hazards,
     and insert “in part”; and
C.   Omit from part 2.1.1 the references to “policy 1, policy 4, policy 5 and policy 6” after coastal
     hazards and insert “in part”.
On or before 24 December 2020 Council must complete the coastal hazards adaption plan and

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