planning report 66 seaview · MCU21/0212

4.0 Planning assessment
4.1          Coastal Protection and Scenic Amenity Overlay Code
An assessment against the relevant provisions is provided below.

Table 3: Assessment against key development parameters of the Coastal Protection and
Scenic Amenity Overlay Code within The Noosa Plan 2020:
 8.2.4 Coastal Protection and Scenic Amenity Overlay Code

 Provision       Code Provision                                       Proposal                                      Comply

 PO1         -   PO1                                                  A CHA prepared by Royal HaskoningDHV          Y
 Development     Development allows for natural fluctuations of       has been provided. The report concludes
 in    Coastal   the coast and foreshores to occur, including         the building is outside the erosion prone
 Erosion
                 allowance      of      climate        change.        area for short term erosion and therefore,
 Areas
                                                                      the proposal will not impede natural
                 Editor's note—Coastal erosion areas are              processes and allows for the natural
                 identified on Council's online mapping for the       fluctuations of the coast and foreshore
                 years 2040, 2070 and 2100.                           area including for climate change SLR.

                                                                      Noting the proposal is setback to the
                                                                      Coastal Building line with a deck and
                                                                      bedroom cantilevered 3m seaward
                                                                      allowing for coastal processes to occur.



 PO2         -   PO2                                                  The proposal will not affect the foreshore    Y
 Protection of   Development is located, designed and                 dune. The proposal is outside the site-
 dunes     and   constructed to:                                      specific determined erosion prone zone
 coastal
                                                                      which minimises and mitigates the risk to
 creeks
                     (a) maintain dune crest heights and              the development. The applicant could
                         minimise and mitigate the risk to            provide a 5m wide landscaped garden
                         development from wave overtopping            along the seaward boundary to
                         and storm tide inundation; and               complement and enhance the natural
                     (b) maintain or enhance coastal                  barrier to erosion and slope stability.
                         ecosystems and natural features such
                         as coastal creeks and marine plants
                         including mangroves, salt marshes
                         and coastal wetlands, to assist in
                         protecting and buffering communities
                         and infrastructure from sea-level rise
                         and coastal inundation impacts.

 PO3 – Coastal   PO3                                                  The proposal is setback 7.5m to the outer     PO
 Building        Where a coastal building line exists on a lot, all   most projection and 10.5m to the main
 Lines                                                                building wall and foundations.
                 buildings, structures and retaining walls do not
                 extend seaward of the coastal building line for
                 the site, other than—                                While the 3m wide cantilevered area is
                                                                      covered, the lot is highly constrained by a
                     (a) uncovered and unenclosed                     10.5m Coastal Building Line leaving
                         cantilevered balconies that do not           approximately a 159m² building envelope
                         extend greater than 3 metres                 after setbacks.
                         seaward of the coastal building line;        Furthermore, the roofed area does not
                         and                                          affect the purpose of the cantilevering
                     (b) are setback a minimum of 6 metres            provision as the floor is more than 3m
                                                                      above NGL to allow for coastal processes
                         from the seaward boundary
                                                                      to occur. The Coastal building line is
                         (see Figure 8.2.4.4).
                                                                      further assessed in section 5.1.2.1 of this
                                                                      report and in the CHA.




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