2020-03-16 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                               16 MARCH 2020


REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE

3    FURTHER REPORT - 132006.1395.05 MINOR CHANGE TO DEVELOPMENT PERMIT
     FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - MULTIPLE DWELLING (10 UNITS) AT 142 NOOSA
     DRIVE, NOOSA HEADS

Author            Coordinator Planning, Patrick Murphy
                  Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index             ECM / Application / 132006.1395.05

Attachments       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Coordinator Panning to the General Meeting dated 16 March
2020 regarding Application No. 132006.1395.05 for a minor change to an existing approval for
Material Change Of Use – Multiple Dwelling (10 Units) situated at 142 Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads
and:
A.   Refuse the change for the following reasons:
     1.    The proposal is contrary to schedule 11, part 2, section 7 of the Planning Regulation
           2017 as the development is situated in a koala assessable development area and does
           not provide for habitat connectivity or safe koala movement.
     2.    The proposal is inconsistent with biodiversity assessment benchmarks (1), (2), (4) and
           (5) of Part E of the State Planning Policy as the development will adversely impact
           upon koala habitat and linkages, with koala populations recognised as being matters
           of both national and state environmental significance.
     3.    The proposal is inconsistent with water quality assessment benchmarks (1) and (2) of
           Part E of the State Planning Policy as the development has not adequately
           demonstrated that water quality objectives will be achieved.
     4.    The proposed development will adversely impact upon the site’s ecological values,
           including koala habitat and linkage for koala movement throughout the site contrary to
           Overall Outcomes 13.7.2a)i, 13.7.2a)iii, 13.7.2a)iv, 13.7.2b), 13.7.2c), 13.7.2d)i,
           13.7.2d)vii, 13.7.2e), 13.7.2g), and Specific Outcomes O1a, O3, O4, O5, O7, O10,
           O11, O16, O17, O18a), O18b), O18e), O18h), O19b), O19c), O19g) and O19i) of the
           Biodiversity Overlay Code.
     5.    The proposed development is inconsistent with the Noosa Heads Locality Code as the
           proposal will adversely impact on the site’s environmental values contrary to Overall
           Outcome 9.7.2a)iv and Specific Outcomes O3 and O20.
     6.    The proposed Bushfire Management Plan proposes vegetation removal and
           management within a part of the site which is zoned Open Space Conservation and is
           intended to be protected and managed to the exclusion of development.
     7.    The proposed development is contrary to Overall Outcome 13.30.2(h) of the Natural
           Hazards Overlay Code as bushfire mitigation measures do not avoid or minimise
           impacts on the natural environment and ecological processes.



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