2017-09-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               12 SEPTEMBER 2017


4.    Prior to the issue of a development permit for Operational Works associated with this
      approval, amended plans shall be submitted demonstrating compliance with The Noosa
      Plan’s limits for population density by reducing population density by a minimum of 0.6
      persons and the internal wall adjacent to the entry of the media room of dwelling Type 18
      within Building 25 must be amended to have a maximum length of 1.0 metre.
Condition 20(e)
20.   The development site must be landscaped. The works must be undertaken in accordance
      with an Operational Works approval and Planning Scheme Policy 3 Landscaping Plants
      and Guidelines and must include in particular:
      a.    the works shown on the Approved Plans
      b.    the use of large tree species to provide visual screening of the bulk of the buildings.
      c.    compliance with the approved bushfire management plan for the development.
      d.    vegetated screening of any electrical transformers, bin storage areas, and the like,
            from the road frontage and the southern pathway.
      e.    retention of the existing vegetation along the Resort Drive road reserve frontage.
      f.    the provision of street furniture, specifically a public bench situated approximately half
            way up the path in the southern road reserve.
      g.    control of all weeds species listed in the following standards and legislation:
                 declared plants under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management)
                  Act 2002 and sub-ordinate Regulation 2003.
                 Undesirable species as listed in Planning Scheme Policy 3 Landscaping Plants
                  and Guidelines
Issue:
Request to delete Condition 20(e)
Applicant’s Representation:
The Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) submitted with the original application clearly
articulates that a number of trees along Resort Drive may require removal subject to further
detailed arborist assessment. The VMP was premised on a detailed vegetation survey of the site
and adjoining road reserves to identify:
     Trees to be retained and protected
     Trees possible for retention (the intent to retain these trees subject to detailed design)
     Trees for removal
     Weed species
     Dead tees
The intent of the VMP was to afford the opportunity for a further arborist assessment to be
undertaken in relation to existing vegetation (including along Resort Drive) through an operational
works approval. This is already reflected in Condition 22 of the Decision Notice.
It is therefore requested that Condition 20(e) be deleted.
Assessment:
Council agrees with the Applicant that the Vegetation Management Plan articulates which
vegetation along Resort Drive should be retained, removed, or assessed for possible retention
subject to the detailed design. The Plan also affords the opportunity for a further arborist
assessment to be undertaken in relation to existing vegetation (including along Resort Drive)
through an Operational Works Approval; as reflected in Condition 22 of the decision notice.



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