2020-06-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                       9 JUNE 2020



3    MCU18/0015 & RAL18/0001- PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COURT APPEAL NO 219
     OF 2020 - REFUSAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR 2 DETACHED HOUSES & 12
     MULTIPLE HOUSING UNITS AND RECONFIGURING A LOT (1 INTO 4 LOTS PLUS
     EASEMENT) AT 27 ATTUNGA HEIGHTS, NOOSA HEADS

Author            Manager Development Assessment, Kerri Coyle
                  Environment & Sustainable Development

Index             ECM/ Application/ MCU18/0015 & RAL18/0001/ Case/ Neate

Attachments       Nil



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Manager Development Assessment to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 9 June 2020 regarding Planning & Environment Court
Appeal No. 1219 of 2020 and agree to defend the appeal.


REPORT
On 19 March 2020, Council, at its Ordinary meeting resolved to refuse an application for:
•    Material Change of Use 14 dwellings units in the form of:
     o      2 x Detached Houses; and
     o      12 x Multiple Housing Units.
•    Reconfiguring of 1 lot into 4 lots plus an access easement as follows:
     o      Lot 1 – 7,507m² for 12 detached Multiple Housing Units;
     o      Lot 2 – 1,050m² for 1 Detached House;
     o      Lot 3 – 950m² for 1 Detached House;
     o      Lot 4 – 8,543m2 proposed to be dedicated to Council as conservation park; and
     o      An access easement to provide access to proposed Lot 2 though Lot 1.
The application was refused for the following reasons:
1.   The proposed development is contrary to the Noosa Plan’s Strategic Framework and the
     Desired Environmental Outcomes as
     (i)    The proposal does not satisfactorily protect the site’s significant environment values.
     (ii)   The proposal does not maintain a satisfactory wildlife corridor through the site and
            intrudes into the riparian buffer to the site’s watercourse.
2.   The proposed development is contrary to the Overall and Specific Outcomes of the Noosa
     Heads Locality Code as
     (i)    The proposed uses are inconsistent with and therefore strongly inappropriate in the
            Open Space Conservation Zone.


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