MCU23/0096 Application For Material Change Of Use For Educational Establishment (Extension To Existing - Performing Arts Building) And Preliminary Approval For A Master Plan At 115 Eumundi Noosa Rd, Noosaville · Attachment 2 – MCU23-0096 – Coordinator Planning Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                               8TH OCTOBER 2024


The school has developed over the years without an approved master plan in place with various
development applications submitted as the school expanded.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
The site is located in Noosaville and surrounded by industrial, residential, community and open
space recreation land uses. Land directly adjoining the site to the northwest is owned by Energex
Limited with an Energex substation constructed on the lot.
3.   ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
•    State Planning Policy;
•    South East Queensland Regional Plan;
•    Planning Regulation 2017;
•    Noosa Plan 2020.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
The Noosa Plan 2020 is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP), apart
from coastal hazard requirements. The SPP raises no further issues relevant to the proposed
development.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint of the SEQ Regional Plan. The proposal is consistent
with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.
Planning Regulation 2017
The proposal is for urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the assessment
benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Region.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The subject site is located in the Noosaville Locality and is zoned Community Facilities and
annotated for an educational establishment. The proposed use is identified as a consistent use
with the zone and is required to follow a code assessable application process.
The application must be assessed against each of the following codes to the extent they are
relevant to the development:
•    Noosaville Local Plan Code
•    Community Facilities Zone Code;
•    Acid Sulfate Soils Overlay Code; and
•    Works Codes.
3.3.1 Noosaville Local Plan Code
The Noosaville Local Plan area is intended to “..maintain its role for both the provision of much of
the commercial, retail, administrative, industrial and social needs of the coastal urban portion of
Noosa Shire and as a major focus area for visitor accommodation and services.” The purpose and
overall outcomes of the code further details that development in the Community facilities zone is