Appendix A -Prelodgment meeting notes

Noosa Council documents



                  The proposal seeks to develop 6 x new purpose designed buildings to accommodate 48
                  dementia patients for the purpose of Multiple Housing Type 3 – Retirement and Special
                  Needs.

                  The subject site is within the Tewantin and Doonan Locality and zoned Community Services
                  and currently used for the purpose of Multiple Housing Type 3 – Retirement and Special
                  Needs. Multiple Housing Type 3 – Retirement and Special Needs is a consistent use within
                  the Community Services Zone.

                  An application for a Development Approval is required and would be Code Assessable. It is
                  likely that the application would be decided by Council therefore a planning officer would
                  make a recommendation with the final decision on the application being made by Council.

                  Further to the original meeting of 31 August a second meeting was held on 13 September for
                  which time amended plans were provided. Subsequent to this meeting a site meeting was
                  also conducted which was attended by Conor Neville (Council) and representatives for the
                  proposal - Jane Davisson and Steven Prystupa.

                  Whilst there is support for the proposed land use the Engineering and Ecology sections of
                  these notes that significant issues arise due the site being subject to flooding and the
                  significant ecological values which are present on site.

                  As noted in the comments by Council’s Environment Officer the site includes some significant
                  environmental values and the development, including bushfire buffer, should be located clear
                  of this area.

                  The pre-lodgement application request form incudes a statement that existing car parking on
                  site currently exceeds Noosa Plan requirements and it is not proposed to provide any
                  additional car parking spaces on site as no dementia patients drive and there is a high
                  turnover of visitors to the site.

                  It is considered that the demand for car parking associated with the current use of the site at
                  times exceeds supply. The provision of additional beds will require an increase in staff
                  numbers and result in an increased number of visitors. Accordingly additional car parking
                  should be addressed as part of the application and that a traffic report be provided.

                  Should an application be made the following documents should be provided:

                       Ø    Planning report
                       Ø    Flora and Fauna Survey
                       Ø    Traffic Report (car parking)
                       Ø    Bushfire including health assessment of smoke hazard

                  Referral – proposal is for additional 48 beds and the site, the threshold for referral at
                  Schedule 10 of the Planning Regulations is 50 beds. As the overall development exceeds 50
                  beds it is our opinion that a referral is required. You may wish to seek further clarification from
                  SARA.


                  5. INFRASTRUCTURE CHARGES
                   A request for written advice for an Infrastructure Contributions Estimate relevant to your
                   proposal may be obtained for a fee of $211.



                 This document is a record of prelodgement discussions and will not be made available for public viewing. Prelodgement
                 discussions are conducted to explore development options and requirements, identify issues and provide guidance to prospective
                 applicants about Council’s policies for development. The recorded discussion items and outcomes in no way imply or commit to an
                 approval of the proposal on the part of Council or Council officers, nor guarantee that all potential issues associated with a
                 development proposal have been raised / identified. When a formal development application is lodged, the proposal will be
                 assessed on its planning merits in accordance with Council’s policy framework existing at the time of the assessment.
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