2020-06-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        9 JUNE 2020


Previous Council Consideration
Ordinary Meeting, 19 March 2020, Item 4, Page 10
That Council note the report by the Contract Planner to the Planning & Environment Committee
Meeting dated 11 June 2019 and the Further Report to the General Committee Meeting dated 16
March 2020 regarding Application No. MCU18/0015 for a Development Permit for Material
Change of Use (2 Detached Houses and Multiple Housing – type 4 Conventional – 12 Units) and
Reconfiguring a Lot (1 into 4 lots plus Access Easement) situated at 27 Attunga Heights, Noosa
Heads and:
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.
     (ii)    The applicant has not satisfactorily demonstrated the proposed development footprint
             is commensurate with the site’s constraints and values.
     (iii)   The proposal will adversely impact on the sites and the adjoining road reserve’s
             scenic and environmental values.
     (iv)    The proposed built form will adversely impact on the visual amenity of nearby
             properties in Attunga Heights.
     (v)     The proposed development does not respect the scale and character of the
             surrounding development.
3.   The proposed development is contrary to the Specific Outcomes of the Noosa Heads
     Locality Code for population density, gross floor area, site cover, building height and
     setbacks.
4.   The proposed development is contrary to the Biodiversity Overlay Code as the proposal
     does not satisfactorily manage, minimise or mitigate its impacts on the site’s ecologically
     important areas, ecological linkages for the koala population and the site’s watercourse
     with the development resulting in excessive clearing of protected vegetation.
5.   The proposed subdivision is contrary to the Reconfiguring a Lot Code as:
     (i)     The proposed lots and lot boundaries fragment the site’s wildlife corridor and the
             riparian buffer to the site’s watercourse.
     (ii)    The proposal is to subdivide land in the Open Space Conservation zone.
     (iii)   The applicant has not demonstrated appropriate access for Lot 3 for construction
             purposes is available or achievable.
     (iv)    The proposed parkland lot, Lot 4, includes part of the bushfire protection zone for the
             multiple dwelling units and steep slopes which will require ongoing monitoring and
             future management, inappropriately burdening Council’s resources.
6.   The proposed development has not been designed to avoid any potential instability and
     associated problems and seeks to clear excessive vegetation that assists in stabilising the
     site and the development in the long term contrary to the Natural Hazards Overlay Code
     and Reconfiguration of Lot Code.



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