2022-06-07 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     7 JUNE 2022


Noosa Junction.
3.     ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
    State Planning Policy;
    South East Queensland Regional Plan;
    Planning Regulation 2017;
    Noosa Plan 2020.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
Noosa Plan 2020 is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) and the
SPP raises no further issues relevant to the proposed development.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint. The proposal is consistent with the regional policies
of the SEQ Regional Plan.
Planning Regulation 2017
The proposal is for an urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the
assessment benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Region.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The application must be assessed against each of the following codes to the extent they are
relevant to the development:
      Low Residential Density Zone Code;
      Noosa Heads Local Plan Code;
      Homebased Business Code
      Works Codes.
Locality Provisions
The subject site is located in the Noosa Heads Locality and is zoned High Density Residential
zone. The proposed use is identified as a consistent use within the zone and is required to follow
a code assessable application process.
The following planning scheme provisions are relevant to the assessment of the application and a
comment regarding compliance with the code is provided below.
Home Based Business Code
Accommodation                                             AO4.1
PO4                                                       Guests stay no more than 14 consecutive nights.
For bed and breakfast accommodation:
                                                        AO4.2
          1.   guests are accommodated for a short-term Guests have only limited facilities for preparing food and
               stay and the dwelling is not the usual   beverages and no laundry.
               residence of the guests; and
          2.   guest accommodation is not self-         Editor’s note - for the purposes of home hosted
               contained.                               accommodation it is considered appropriate to provide a small
                                                        area with a kettle, toaster and bar fridge to prepare hot
                                                        beverages, light snack or continental breakfast but not a kitchen.
Comment –
The proposed bed and breakfast includes only limited facilities for preparation of food and beverages. A
condition can be included to limit guest stays to no more than 14 consecutive nights. Therefore, it is
considered that proposal complies with PO4 as guest will not be accommodated within self-contained
accommodation.


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