planning report sister tree creek rd - kin kin

4.0 Planning assessment
An assessment against the relevant provisions is provided below with further assessment regarding
the performance Outcomes provided within the Table 3.


4.1 Bushfire

The site is affected by the Bushfire Overlay and accordingly is subject to the Bushfire Overlay Code
provisions. However, the site is generally surrounded by farmland pasture and the Bushfire Overlay
affected area has a drainage line where only a few trees exist. The Overlay appears to have been
applied to the site in error and without being ground truthed. A Bushfire Management Plan is
therefore not considered to be required for this development.

Notwithstanding the above, at the time of Building Approval, the Building certifier will assess the
development for bushfire and apply a bushfire attack level (BAL) and materials will be incorporated
accordingly. It is likely it would be BAL-LOW as the buildings are more than 100m from any classified
vegetation, and as such does not require any specific construction requirements.


4.2 Code - Key parameters

Table 3: Assessment against key development parameters within The Noosa Plan 2020:
                                                   Rural Zone Code
 Provision         Code Provision                                   Proposal and Comments                                 Compliance
 A02.4 – Ag Land   AO2.4                                            The application proposes a sensitive land use         PO
 Overlay           No sensitive land use is established closer      (residential use) within 200m of land in the
                   than 200 metres from land on an adjacent         Rural Zone mapped as Agricultural Land
                   property included in the Rural zone and          Conservation Area.
                   mapped as Agricultural Land Conservation
                   Area as shown in Agricultural Land Overlap       The distance to the Agricultural Overlay land on
                   Maps in schedule 2.                              the neighbouring property is 190m. The 10m
                                                                    encroachment is considered insignificant and
                                                                    will raise no concern for any agricultural use
                                                                    operating on the neighbouring property.

                                                                    The subject property and the surrounding lands
                                                                    are generally used for grazing so there is no
                                                                    impact on these agricultural uses by the
                                                                    proposed short term accommodation cabins.

                                                                    The proposal is not sited on ALCA and given
                                                                    the above, the proposal will not result in the loss
                                                                    or diminished production capacity of ALCA,
                                                                    consistent with the relevant Performance
                                                                    Outcome.
 PO4 – Visitor     PO4                                              The cabins are small scale with a GFA of 79m²         Y
 accommodation     Visitor accommodation:                           with each cabin split between 2 pods resulting
                         1. is at a small scale and low density     in very small individual buildings. They are
                              that protects the environmental and   located on an existing pad historically used for
                              rural values of the land;             horse activities. The overall GFA of all cabins is
                         2. is compatible with rural activities     316m² which is less than 0.2% of the land area.
                              and nature conservation; and
                         3. does not detract from the rural         The farming activities on the subject lot and
                              amenity of adjoining properties.      surrounding area is grazing with short term
                                                                    accommodation         compatible    with    this
                                                                    agricultural use as there is no impacts such as
                                                                    overspray, noisy machinery or other farming
                                                                    activities that would create amenity impacts.

                                                                    The target visitors are those who are looking for
                                                                    a unique environmental experience near the




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