Town Planning Assessment Report

4. Legislative Requirements

    4.1. State Planning Policy

The current State Planning Policy (SPP) commenced on 3 July 2017. The applicable State interests
relating to development assessment are set out in Part E of the document and are under five broad
themes. Section 2.1 of the Noosa Plan 2020 confirms that the provisions of the State Planning
Policy are integrated into the Planning Scheme. Therefore, no further assessment is required
against the SPP.


    4.2. State Planning Regulatory Provisions

The proposal is for an urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is compliant with the relevant
State Regulatory Planning Provisions. The proposal will not incur infrastructure charges as it is
located within an existing dual occupancy.


    4.3. Referral Agencies

The proposal does not trigger referral to any external agency.


5. The Noosa Plan

    5.1. Level of Assessment

The Noosa Plan 2020 defines Short term accommodation as:

a) means the use of premises for

        i) providing accommodation of less than three (3) consecutive months to tourists or
        travellers; or

        ii) a manager’s residence, office, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use of guests, if the
        use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

b) does not include a hotel, nature-based tourism, resort complex or tourist park

The site is located within the Noosaville Local Plan and the Medium Density Residential zone under
the Noosa Plan 2020. In accordance with Table 5.5.2 of the planning scheme, Short-term
Accommodation is identified to be a consistent use in the zone and required to follow an impact
assessable application process.


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