MCU18/0102.03 - Application For Other Change To Development Approval For Bounce Hostel, Food & Drink Outlet At 14-16 Mary St, Noosaville · Attachment 2 – (MCU18 0102.03) – Development Assessment Manager Report

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                               10 FEBRUARY 2026


               b) is provided to accommodate the number and type of vehicles and motorcycles
                  likely to be generated by the development.
      The proposed use and carparking is generally considered to meet the above outcomes as
      the site is well located in walking distance to surrounding accommodation and likely users,
      is on bus route and peak times are likely to be outside peak operations of the surrounding
      commercial development.
      Whilst the applicant has demonstrated that the existing carparking on site has been sufficient
      for the use during the 12 month period it operated in 2023, it is recommended that a new
      condition be included to allow for the Food and Drink Outlet to operate for 12 months and for
      further written consent from Council to be required to continue to the use after this time.
      Consent via written consent will mean that there is no financial impost by way of an
      application fee to change the development approval but permits Council the ability to
      continue to review the matter.


The assessment of the earlier Other Change application addressed relevant matters to be
considered regarding the operation of a Food and Drink Outlet at the site demonstrating the
suitability of the site to accommodate the use. This position was supported at the January 2024
round of Council meetings. In part this was based on measures within the development which
minimise impacts on surrounding residential areas, including internalised and screened
recreational spaces, conditions of approval further mitigate potential amenity impacts by restricting
operating hours for facilities such as the pool and sundeck and requiring a manager/receptionist to
be present on-site at all times.
Had the previous approval not lapsed an application would have been required to amend condition
65 to allow the on-going operation of the use, consideration of such an application would have
been based on whether the use had resulted in unreasonable amenity impacts on the surrounding
area and on street parking impacts as evidenced by complaints. It is noted that through the periods
of both the initial COVID temporary approval and the 12 month ‘trial’ period associated with the
previous Other Change approval that no complaints were received. Furthermore, no submissions
were made to the current or previous Other Change applications.
Accordingly, it is recommended that the application be approved and condition 65 amended to
read:
A Food and Drink Outlet is approved and must be operated within the area identified on the
approved plans.
Additionally condition 4 is recommended to be updated to reflect the 190m2 use area of the Food
and Drink Outlet with the table of approved plans updated to reflect the set of Generally in
Accordance Plans approved in 2021.
5.    CONSULTATION
5.1. Referral Agencies
Not applicable.
5.2. Internal Council Referrals
Not applicable.
5.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 business days in accordance with the Planning Act
2016. No properly made submissions were received.