Planning Report (004)

PROJECT URBAN – 19230                                                                      November 2019




2.0 INTRODUCTION

This Development Assessment Report has been prepared on behalf of BNB Super Pty Ltd to
support a Development Application for a Development Permit for Material Change of Use for
Entertainment and Dining Business - Type 3 Bar associated with approved Industrial Business –
Type 2 production, alteration, repackaging and repairing.

The subject site is situated at 5 Taylor Court, Cooroy and is described as Lot 5 on SP197517. An
industrial development is approved for the site and is currently being constructed. The applicant
intends to occupy approved tenancies 1 and 11. These tenancies will be used by 20 20 Distillery
for a distillery and an associated tasting area. The proposed tasting area will occupy part of
tenancy 1. The tasting area will equate to an area of 33m2 and will include a tasting bar (12m2)
and seating area (21m2). The balance of tenancy 1 and all of tenancy 11 will be used as a
distillery. The distillery will primarily brew vodka, whiskey and gin. It is envisaged that the tasting
area will only operate on Fridays and weekends.

The distillery is consistent with the definition of Industrial Business – Type 2 production, alteration,
repackaging and repairing. This land use is already approved for the site via Council reference
MCU18/0120. Council has confirmed that the tasting area constitutes its own land use and is
defined as Entertainment and Dining Business - Type 3 Bar. It is this land use which is the subject
of this application.

The site is in the Urban Footprint of the SEQ Regional Plan. The Noosa Plan includes the site in
the Cooroy and Lake Macdonald locality and the Industry Zone. The site forms part of the
Nandroya Industrial Estate which was approved by the Noosa Council in November 2006. That
approval included a Plan of Development which included a Supplementary Table of Development
Assessment.

The proposed use (Entertainment and Dining Business - Type 3 Bar) requires impact assessment
and is identified as an inconsistent use in the Supplementary Table of Development Assessment.
Sufficient grounds to gain approval to justify the development’s conflicts with the plan of
development are set out below:

    •   The proposed tasting area is 33m2 and occupies approximately 20% of the overall floor
        space of the two tenancies. The tasting room is ancillary to the primary, approved
        industrial use of the tenancy. There is also a reasonable expectation that a distillery would
        include a small tasting area to present, taste and sell product. Whilst Council has
        confirmed that it considers the tasting area to comprise its own specific use, it should be
        noted that the operation, use and function of the tasting area is wholly related to the
        primary use, being the distillery. The use is considered to be complimentary to and typical
        of a modern distillery;

    •   The planning scheme definition of an “industrial business” permits the sale of goods
        resulting from the industrial activity, with up to 20% of the floor area being able to be
        used for this purpose. The proportion of space allocated to the tasting area is consistent
        with this percentage;



Development Assessment Report                                                                 Page 6 of 27
Material Change of Use
5 Taylor Court, Cooroy
Lot 5 on SP197517