MCU22/0118 – DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR A MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE – SHORT-TERM ACCOMMODATION AT 94 & 142 NOOSA DR, NOOSA HEADS (Referred from Planning & Environment Committee dated 7 November 2023 - Item 5.1) · ATTACHMENT 1 – OFFICER’S REPORT

                                  Figure 12 - SARA approved plan


3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The subject site is located in Noosa Heads, with 94 & 142 Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads being a split
zoned Tourist Accommodation and Environmental Management and Conservation (EM&C). The
proposed short-term accommodation is identified as a consistent use in the Tourist
Accommodation zone and an inconsistent use within the EM&C zone. The application is required
to follow an impact assessable process and therefore must be assessed against the whole of
Noosa Plan 2020, to the extent the provisions are relevant to the development.


STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
The Strategic Framework sets the policy direction for the planning scheme and forms the basis for
ensuring appropriate development occurs in the planning scheme area for the life of the planning
scheme. The Strategic Intent in the Strategic Framework includes the following statements:
     3.2 Strategic Intent
     3.2.2 A well managed and sustainable Noosa Shire
     This planning scheme seeks to maintain Council's long standing commitment to a
     sustainable population and well managed growth through firm Urban Boundaries,
     development densities and building heights. Unrestrained and unplanned development is
     resisted in Noosa Shire. Any unanticipated development requires demonstration of a high
     level of community need.
     3.2.5 Noosa's natural environment
     A network of habitat areas and linkages provide ecological connectivity from a wide cross
     section of ecosystem types and altitudinal ranges. These connecting habitat areas are shown
     on Strategic Framework Map SFM-4 - Biodiversity. A diverse network of wetlands is also
     present, of good ecological condition and encompassing over 16,000 hectares. This
     interconnected biodiversity network has strong adaptive capacity to endure the impacts of
     climate change and other emerging challenges because of the size and connectedness of
     protected areas and remnant vegetation. Management actions and land use planning

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