Town Planning Assessment Report - Rooming Accommodation.pdf

Figure 3 – Northern elevation (Street Presentation to Headland Drive)


Please refer to Appendix A – Proposal Plans for further details.

The need for the proposed material change of use is that the existing child care centre was a small-scale
centre that had experienced declining demand.

This decline has been particularly evident since the adjoining multiple dwelling development commenced
construction, which has now been completed. The adjoining development has resulted in overlooking into
the children’s outdoor play area, which is not ideal and has created safety and amenity concerns for the
ongoing operation of the child care centre.

The child care centre has since ceased operations and the building currently remains vacant.

In addition, a new child care centre has since been approved within the Shire Business Centre. This facility
will provide a modern child care offering with capacity for 98 children and is expected to absorb demand
within the local area.

In this context, the proposed conversion of the vacant child care centre building into a rooming represents
an appropriate and practical reuse of the existing building. It will also be more compatible with the
surrounding medium density residential nature of the area.




3. Background
The original child care centre was approved on the site in 1982.

Brennan Planning has been advised that a request for a planning scheme amendment was submitted to
Noosa Shire Council in 2025, seeking to rezone the site from Community Facilities Zone to Medium Density
Residential Zone. The request submitted that the Medium Density Residential Zone would be more
appropriate and compatible with the surrounding residential context.

The proposed rooming accommodation is intended to provide an appropriate interim use of the existing
building, requiring minimal building changes and limited cost, until such time as the land is rezoned to
Medium Density Residential and can be redeveloped for medium density residential purposes.



4. Site Details
The subject site is a corner allotment, with a frontage of approximately 15.8m to Eumundi Noosa Road to the
west and approximately 95.6m to Headland Drive to the north.

The land slopes downhill to the east at an average gradient of approximately 6.5%. An existing building is
located centrally within the site, which is currently vacant and was previously used as a child care centre.

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