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

     decisions are focused on strengthening and building linkages to facilitate ecosystem diversity
     and movement both within and beyond Noosa Shire.
     3.3 Strategic Outcomes
     3.3.1 Settlement
     The strategic outcomes for settlement by 2041 are:
     (b)   Urban development is consolidated and confined to urban areas within Urban
           Boundaries. These boundaries are defined to maintain the distinct character of
           individual communities; avoid biophysical constraints and natural hazards; protect
           environmental values and landscape features; protect natural resources and quality
           farming land; and plan for the effective and efficient delivery of infrastructure and
           services. The boundaries also reflect the outcomes of detailed local investigations.
     3.3.4 Biodiversity and Environment
     The strategic outcomes for biodiversity and environment by 2041 are:
     (b)   The natural environment is protected and enhanced to maintain and improve
           biodiversity, ecological processes, native habitat, connectivity, native species health,
           landscape character and scenic amenity.
     (p)   Adverse impacts from development on biodiversity, ecosystem health, ecological
           processes, soil, air and water quality are avoided. Where avoidance is not practicable,
           adverse impacts are minimised or mitigated and it is demonstrated that:
           (i)  on the balance of social, economic and environmental considerations, the
                development is in the interests of the community; and
           (ii) any adverse impacts incurred are compensated by suitable habitat replacement
                and replanting on site in the first instance or in a way that results in a net gain
                and enhancement of the overall habitat values of the Noosa Shire.
The subject site is mapped under the Strategic Framework Settlement Map as Urban Area and
Major Conservation Area, with the Major Conservation Area located outside of the Urban Boundary
(see Figure 13). The proposal includes development outside of the Urban Boundary, within the
Major Conservation Area and therefore does not comply with 3.2.2 and 3.3.1(b) of the Strategic
Framework.




                           Figure 13 - Strategic Framework Settlement Map

The subject site is mapped under the Strategic Framework Biodiversity Map as a Connecting
Habitat Area (see Figure 14). The proposal includes the removal of native vegetation, including
koala feed trees, within the mapped Connecting Habitat Area.




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