2020-07-16 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING REPORT                                                              16 JULY 2020


Condition 4 - Planning Act 2016 (Section 43(5)(b)) and Planning Regulation 2017 (Schedule
6, Part 2, Section 2(2))
Prior to adopting the planning scheme Council must amend the scheme to make changes in
relation to dwelling houses in residential zones to ensure consistency with the Planning Act and
the Planning Regulation.
Accordingly the final version of the scheme presented for Council adoption (in Attachments 2 to 5
of this report) includes changes to the following parts:
    Part 1.6 Building work regulated under the planning scheme (specifically Table 1.6.1 Building
     assessment provisions)
    Part 5.5 Categories of development and assessment for material change of use (specifically
     Table 5.5.2 Medium Density Residential Zone, Table 5.5.3 High Density Residential Zone
     and Table 5.5.4 Tourist Accommodation Zone)
    Part 6.3.2 Medium Density Residential Zone Code
    Part 6.3.3 High Density Residential Zone Code
    Part 6.3.4 Tourist Accommodation Zone Code
Condition 5 - SPP – Guiding principles – Social Housing
Prior to adopting the planning scheme Council must amend the proposed planning scheme (refer
Attachment 1 for specific changes): Changes to the social housing performance outcomes (POs)
to ensure consistency with the guiding principles.
Changes have been made to relevant codes to reflect the requirements of this condition. Refer
Attachment 1.
Condition 6 - SPP – State interest: Biodiversity (Policy 5 – Koala conservation) and Planning
Regulation 2017 (Schedule 10, Part 10 and Schedule 11)
Prior to adopting the proposed planning scheme Council must reflect the new koala conservation
planning controls in the Planning Regulation 2017, which commenced on 7 February 2020 by:
A.   amending the map, Koala Habitat Areas, in Schedule 2, to reflect the new koala habitat
     mapping for South East Queensland (koala priority area and koala habitat area – core koala
     habitat area and locally refined koala habitat area);
B.   removing all provisions that relate to interfering with koala habitat (e.g. AO11.1 and AO11.3);
C.   including a note/s that clarifies how the remaining provisions will be applied, in view of the
     new koala conservation planning controls in the Planning Regulation 2017; and
D.   updating terminology and references to reflect the new koala conservation framework (e.g.
     updated Koala-sensitive design guideline: a guide to koala-sensitive design measures for
     planning and development activities).
Changes to the Koala Conservation requirements and Planning Regulations came into effect
Friday 7 February. The Minister has required Council’s planning scheme reflect these changes.
Accordingly all changes have been made to the final scheme to reflect this condition. Changes can
be found in Attachment 1.
Council will continue to work with Department of Environment staff to improve and refine Koala
mapping based on detailed local Koala mapping work, any changes to mapping will be subject to
future amendment processes.
Condition 7 - SPP – Guiding Principles – Noosa Business Centre – Levels of assessment
Within 12 months from the date of adoption of the proposed planning scheme Council must
commence a process to review the provisions of the Noosa Business Centre to provide more
detailed planning guidance and outcomes sought for the Noosa Business Centre reflective of its
role as a Major Centre for Noosa. This process should include a review of the levels of assessment
and regulation that will inform an amendment to the planning scheme to integrate the outcomes of
this process.

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