2018-12-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                11 DECEMBER 2018


The new modelling shows the N.E. corner of the site is currently affected. The modelling suggests
that by 2040, within the life of this development, approximately 75% of the site is affected by coastal
erosion in a 1% AEP storm event.
As background for this report, the QLD Government Guideline: State Development Assessment
Provisions State Code 8: Coastal development and tidal works provides information on the intent
of the Coastal Building Line and the concept of coastal processes are provided below:
Coastal Building Line
Coastal building lines are declared in those areas that are already developed for urban purposes
and are highly vulnerable to coastal erosion. The intent of the coastal building line is to:
 provide a common alignment for building work;
 set back development from the coastline which reduces the erosion risk to people and property;
 provide space on the lot seaward of the development for construction of future erosion control
     structures wholly on the lot and not on State land.
Generally, no building work, including houses, sheds or swimming pools, would be permitted
seaward of a coastal building line. Only works for the protection of existing buildings from sea
erosion, such as seawalls, would be permitted seaward of a coastal building line.
Coastal Processes
Coastal processes are the natural processes occurring on the coast and in tidal water including:
     wind, waves, tides and currents which transfer energy to the coast and drive other processes;
     sediment transport to and along the coast;
     sediment accumulation or erosion onshore and offshore which builds or destroys landforms
       including foreshores, beaches, dunes, delta plains;
     the growth and spread of plants and succession of plant communities, especially where
       plants have a specific role in trapping sediment and building landforms (mangrove and dune
       colonizing grasses) and stabilizing sediments against erosion;
     changes in sea-level both temporary and permanent from weather events and climate
       change.
2.2. Surrounding Land Uses
The site adjoins detached houses to the north and south and to the west across Seaview Terrace.
The site slopes steeply to the east adjoining north Sunshine Beach dog beach.
3.     ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application;
     must be assessed against, all matters the responsible entity would or may assess against or
       have regard to, if the change application were a development application; and
     another matter that the responsible entity considers relevant; and
     must assess against, or have regard to, the matters that applied when the development
       application was made and;
     may assess against, or have regard to, the matters that applied when the change application
       was made.
The following codes from the Noosa Plan are applicable to this development:
     Biodiversity Overlay Code

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