PR132938_161208_FINAL- s369_PermissibleChangeRequest · 132008.1128

members of the community regardless of socio-economic, ethnic, religious or spiritual
background.

Blue Care remains committed to the delivery of this project and are in the process of reviewing
the Master Plan to ensure it remains relevant to the market. However, much of the relevant
period for this project coincided with the financial constraints that occurred globally and Blue
Care opted to prioritise smaller projects that could continue to service the needs of the
community and existing customers.

To enhance their care services in the community over the last 5-7 years, Blue Care was
successful in receiving significant Commonwealth Government funding to provide a range of new
services / facilities in Queensland and the Northern Territory, the latter through its Australian
Regional and Remote Community Services (AARCS) program which is administered through
Blue Care. Funding was received for new Community Care facilities in Coomera, Gatton,
Goondiwindi, Toowoomba and Longreach as well as Mutitjulu Aged Care facility (Northern
Territory), Terrace Gardens Aged Care Facility (NT) and Star of the Sea Aged Care Facility
(Thursday Island). This has enabled Blue Care to prioritise its operations and funding capability
during the GFC whilst still meeting the growing care needs for regional and remote communities.
As a result, Blue Care was unable to commit funding to commence the development of the
Sunrise Beach project.

Blue Care is dedicated to delivering this project having already committed substantial money into
the project. Blue Care enacted the subdivision component of the development approval in buying
existing Lot 9 on SP252905 from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council for over $6 million.

As mentioned above, Blue Care is working through the Master Plan with a view to delivering the
project. To this end, the provision of an extension of time to the relevant period will provide Blue
Care with the certainty to continue with the refinement of the Master Plan and the staged delivery
of the project.

2.0 Planning Provisions (State and Local) Considerations
Given the period of time that has elapsed, an assessment of the current planning legislative
framework relevant to the subject site has been undertaken to demonstrate that the proposal, as
approved, continues to be consistent with the intention for the land and the extension to the
relevant period is appropriate.

We note that subsequent amendments to The Noosa Plan 2006 have included changes to the
Eastern Beaches Locality – Community Services Zone level of assessment to ensure Multiple
Housing Type 3 (Retirement and Special Needs) is Code Assessable where specifically situated
in Grasstree Court, and Impact Assessable otherwise.

The enacted subdivision ensures that several of the significant ecological constraint areas of the
original site have been subdivided off into a separate lot (Lot 1 on SP239726) which is now
owned by Noosa Shire Council. The enacted subdivision ensures that the site’s most significant
habitats (in Lot 1 on SP239826) are retained, and will act as a buffer to the nearby Noosa
National Park.

Notwithstanding this, the subject site (particularly Lot 9 on SP252905) remains constrained by
ecological values and bushfire hazard mapping. As a result, Ecological Advice and a Bushfire
Hazard Assessment has been prepared to support this request to ensure the planning provisions
relevant today are being addressed appropriately and the proposal still adequately mitigates
impacts and risks associated with these two elements.



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