2018-12-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             11 DECEMBER 2018




The State Code 8 seeks that there is no development seaward of the Coastal Building Line except
for coastal protection work.
For guidance as to how to comply with the State Code 8 the guideline indicates the following:
Applications… should demonstrate that the proposed development is located landward of the
coastal building line; or
1.   justify why the proposed development cannot be located landward of the coastal building
     line; and
2.   demonstrate how development seaward of the coastal building line is protected from coastal
     erosion both now and in the future.
The proposal is not coastal protection work. The applicant’s proposed 6m setback has relied upon:
   the alignment of neighbouring properties which are the result of repealed legislation and
     policy; and
   information from a previous analysis report undertaken by BMT WBM (2013), “Coastal
     Processes Study for the Sunshine Coast” prepared for the Sunshine Coast Regional Council
     indicating potential erosion at the northern end of Sunshine Beach is currently very low.
The applicant also indicates that due to “the dune elevation it is not feasibly possible to locate
future coastal protection works within the property boundaries. This effectively negates the need
for a coastal building line to constrain development for coastal management purposes.”

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