2020-06-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                       9 JUNE 2020


       Plan No.   Rev.   Plan/Document Name                                               Date
       DA02       10     Site Location Plan, prepared by Thomson Adsett                   15/12/2016
       DA03       7      Elevations 01, prepared by Thomson Adsett                        19/09/2016
       DA04       6      Elevations 02, prepared by Thomson Adsett                        19/09/2016
       LP-01      B      Landscape Concept Plan, prepared by Urbis as annotated by        24.08.2016
                         Council
4.    The approved Use Area of the Entertainment and Dining Business is 90m².
Applicant’s Request
The applicant is requesting to change the existing approval, stating:
      The minor change proposes a material increase of 17.13m2 GFA to the current floor area
      approved for Entertainment & Dining Business - Type 1 - Food & Beverages, trading as
      Ricks Bakery. The extension is proposed at the rear of the current tenancy for additional
      back of house preparation area for the bakery. No further changes to the current layout are
      proposed as a result of this extension.
The applicant provided the following commentary in regards to the operation of the business:
      ‘…they do not wholesale, nor do they intend to. They don’t expect production to increase
      due to the small increase in floor area, it literally just allows them to spread out more as
      they are currently working on-top of each other. Increase in production is inevitable
      depending on the time of year and external factors but that occurs for their business
      anyway, no different to how it has operated since they were established.’
Changing the existing approval to allow for the additional use area would require a change to
Conditions 2 and 4.
Assessment of Request
Built Form and Use
The subject site is located within the Industry Zone. An Entertainment & Dining Business - Type 1
- Food & Beverages use is an impact inconsistent use within this zone under the Noosa Plan. An
Entertainment & Dining Business - Type 1 - Food & Beverages use is generally more
appropriately accommodated in commercial zones (eg. Neighbourhood Centre, Business Centre,
Visitor Mixed Use etc). However the original development application was approved as:
•     a food outlet is a commonly expected component of a contemporary service station
      development,
•     it was replacing an existing lunch bar located on the site, and
•     it was considered the food outlet would continue to service surrounding workers and the
      travelling public without negatively impacting on surrounding uses.
The proposed extension is located within an existing roofed void area to the rear of the property
and, as such, won’t be visible from the front of the building, complies with setback and height
requirements and won’t increase the existing footprint of the building (refer to Figure 5). The built
form of the proposal does not raise any concerns.




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