Ozcare Noosa Minor Change v1

2.0 Proposed Change
2.1       Reconfiguration of Beds
Ozcare owns the site and has operated an aged care facility on the premises for more than 20 years. In response
to the COVID-19 global pandemic, Ozcare has re-evaluated its accommodation model to ensure the facility meets
current legislative and market requirements for aged care accommodation, and in particular eliminating shared
bedrooms/ ensuites as an important issue of infection control. The proposed development seeks to remove all
shared double bed rooms, resulting in the same number of overall beds provided on-site but within a single bed /
room configuration.
Accordingly, the proposed changes do not result in a material increase in the intensity of the use occurring on-site,
with no increase in residents or staff.
Table 2 Summary of proposed alterations
                                                          Existing configuration               Proposed configuration

                                                      Wings subject to renovations
 Banksia South                                             5 doubles, 10 singles                       40 singles
                                                                (20 beds)
 Banksia North                                                  13 doubles                             30 singles
                                                                 (26 beds)
 Casuarina                                                 6 doubles, 12 singles            No rooms – proposed community
                                                                (24 beds)                  centre, back-of-house and services
 No. beds                                                        70 beds                               70 beds
                                                  Other wings not subject to renovations
 Acacia                                                         20 singles                      No change - 20 singles
 Eucalyptus                                                     20 singles                      No change - 20 singles
 Darwinia                                                       20 singles                      No change - 20 singles
 No. beds                                                        60 beds                               60 beds

 Total no. beds                                                 130 beds                               130 beds



2.2       Extensions
The master planning exercise requires small extensions to the existing building footprint to consolidate and
rationalise the location of residential rooms, services and administration areas on-site. The intent is to improve the
overall amenity and operation of the facility, while not increasing the number of persons residing on-site. It is also
proposed to replace the existing single level Banksia North and Banksia South wings with a double storey
configuration, consistent with Performance Outcome PO17 of the Community Facilities Zone Code. The proposed
extensions are occurring within the south-east portion of the site and can not be seen from any public vantage
point.
Although the building footprint is slightly extending to the south, the overall impervious area site cover of the
development is reducing from 13,516m2 or 54.1% currently, to 13,449m2 or 53.8% proposed. The minor extension
in building footprint to the south is occurring within the ‘Future Expansion Area’ shown on with original approved
plans, refer to Figure 1, Figure 2 and Attachment 9. Accordingly, the proposed extension in accordance with
anticipated future works identified by approval 216575 DA.
Pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Development Assessment Rules’ definition of ‘substantially different development’,
the proposed changes do not result in a ‘dramatic change’ to the built form of the development in terms of scale,
bulk and appearance, and are consistent with the expectations expressed within the planning scheme and existing
approval 216575 DA.




80 Cooyar Street, Noosa Heads | 216575 DA | 7190526                                                                             9