MCU22 0209 APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR SHORT TERM ACCOMMODATION [As Published]

               PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                      11 APRIL 2023


               •      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) and
               the SPP raises no further issues relevant to the proposed development.
               South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
               The site is located within the Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area of the SEQ Regional
               Plan. The proposal is consistent with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.
               Planning Regulation 2017
               The following assessment benchmarks from the Planning Regulation 2017 apply to the application:
               •      SEQ Regional Plan
               •      Koala Habitat Area
               The proposal is for an urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the
               assessment benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Region.
               The proposal is mapped by the State as being a Koala Priority Area with vegetation along the site’s
               western and eastern boundary mapped as Core Koala Habitat. No works or tree removal are
               proposed on site to accommodate the use and therefore the proposal is consistent with the state
               development assessment provisions.
               3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
               The subject site is located in Tinbeerwah and is zoned Rural. The proposed use is identified as a
               consistent use with the zone and is required to follow an impact assessable application process.
               The application is made impact assessable by the Noosa Plan’s assessment tables due to the site
               being under 4ha, with an area of 2.93ha. The application would otherwise be code assessable.
               Being impact assessable, the application must be assessed against the whole of Noosa Plan 2020
               to the extent the provisions are relevant to the development. The Strategic Framework and the
               following codes are most applicable to the application:
               •      Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code;
               •      Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code;
               •      Regional Infrastructure Overlay Code;
               •      Rural Zone Code;
               •      Visitor Accommodation Code; and
               •      Works Codes.
               3.4. Strategic Framework
               The Strategic Framework recognises that tourism is a key sector of the Noosa economy and will
               continue to be so into the future, with key visitor areas identified including Hastings Street, Gympie
               Terrace, Noosa River, Tewantin Marina, Noosa National Park, Sunshine Beach, Peregian Beach,
               Noosa North Shore and the hinterland.
               However, the Strategic Framework also identifies that visitor numbers and associated pressures
               are increasing in and around Noosa’s natural attractions and impacting residential amenity and the
               lifestyle of locals, the local environment, and accommodation for residents and guests.
               Consequently, the Noosa Plan identifies and protects visitor accommodation areas at Noosa
               Heads, Noosaville and Noosa North Shore for visitors to the exclusion of permanent occupants. It
               also conversely protects neighbourhoods of permanent residents from influxes of short-term

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