2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 DRAFT 20191202-Noosa Plan Consultation Report

20. Overlays generally
Table 20.1: Submissions of First Consultation
 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                                    Planners’ Response                                                                                    Recommendation
 20855609    There is one area of natural hazard that has not been addressed: biting insects both from fresh and saltwater           While some other planning schemes have biting insect overlays, additional provisions in the           That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
             habitats. It is not part of the Noosa Pest Management Plan. I am not suggesting an embargo on development               planning scheme for Noosa Shire would provide limited benefit given the location of remaining
             but I am suggesting that, if a biting insect overlay is not considered desirable, then the development                  areas of development in proximity to tidal areas. Mosquitos are known to travel several kilometres.
             assessment process needs to include consultation with mosquito control people within Council so as to first
             ascertain if there is likely to be a biting insect problem, if so to see if, for example, modifying the design of the   Council carries out vector control of its pubic reserves and around urban areas periodically when
             proposed development could mitigate any likely increased problems and/or ensuring that mosquito control is              mosquitos become a nuisance to the community. This is considered to provide the most effective
             prepared.                                                                                                               methods of control as well as public education on how to minimise mozzie breading on peoples’
                                                                                                                                     properties.
 20867477    Submitter states that the new Noosa Plan seeks to take away property rights by changing land use without                The Biodiversity Overlay is considered to closely represent the extent of remnant vegetation          That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
             consultation or compensating for diminished land value.                                                                 across property. The bushfire hazard overlay and Koala mapping also appropriately reflects this
                                                                                                                                     vegetation mapping.
             “If implemented, we will be restricted in working our land and earning an income. The plan seeks to place
             restrictions on our land that has predominately been rural (grazing and farming) land for over 100 years. This          Additional areas of agricultural land are actually shown on the mapping as compared to the current
             is not acceptable to us. Due to our inability to understand the complexity of the planning regulations, we were         Noosa Plan.
             not aware of the restrictions placed over our land. Having personally both lived on the land for some 90 and
             88 years respectively, we can state that in our view, the maps produced for Shire Map 4 are incorrect and               The flood overlay mapping follows the existing drainage line that flows through the property during
             unacceptable to us.                                                                                                     flood events.

             The maps in schedule 2 seek to:                                                                                         The overlays do not take away rights, the overlays are used to ensure the land constraints on the
                                                                                                                                     site are considered during. development
             •      reduce agriculture footprint on rural properties;
             •      add more biodiversity, riparian, flood overlay footprints at the expense of the agricultural footprint, the
                    rural lands have been extensively cleared in the past and little true remnant remains;
             •      decreases the bushfire hazard form the previous 2006 scheme —this is concerning because we have
                    experienced in our lifetime wild fires — it is unclear why Noosa Council has decreased the risk;
             •      increased the koala habitat footprint — due to the presence of dingoes, wild dogs and foxes, you will
                    not see koalas on these lands. In any event, Noosa Council already owns sufficient footprint areas for
                    koala habitat and our lands should not be used to increase koala habitat. Nor do we support Noosa
                    Council using rate payer's money to purchase more land for koala habitat;
             •      reduce development and construction — this is not good for the economy of Noosa.”
 20867473    Owner commented on the various overlays affecting their property:                                                       The various overlay maps which have been prepared are based on best available information and         That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
                                                                                                                                     mapping techniques.
             “Council has not communicated its proposed changes which will impact on my property. My ancestors have
             been working these lands and I am the 5th generation. Given the enormous input, the connection to land and              The biodiversity and koala mapping better represent environmental values compared to the
             contribution my ancestors and me have made to the Noosa Community, I am appalled that Noosa Council did                 current plan, and the bushfire mapping has also been improved to reflect this.
             not consult with me personally. The amount of work that has gone into these properties makes me feel of the
             injustices by Noosa Council.                                                                                            A complete revision of council’s flood modelling and mapping was prepared for the whole of Noosa
                                                                                                                                     River and Mary River Catchments and are based on the equivalent of a 1 in 100 year flood event
             The New Noosa Plan seeks to remove my rights by changing my land use without consultation or                            (1%AEP) including climate change projections to year 2100.
             compensating me for diminishing the value of my land. If implemented, I will be restricted in working my land
             and earning an income and to pay for the upkeep of my property. In my view the maps place restrictions on               The Agricultural Land Conservation Area was mapped through a methodology which was based
             the use of my land that has been rural (grazing and farming) land for over 5 generations. This is not                   on the State’s instruction to include Agricultural Land Class A and B, as well as other lands that
             acceptable to me.                                                                                                       contribute to the agricultural values of the Shire.

             Due to my respective age and inability to understand the complexity of the planning regulations, I was not
             made aware of the restrictions placed over my land. Having personally lived on the land for some 78 years, I
             can state that in my view, the maps produced are incorrect and unacceptable. Specifically they seek to:
             •      reduce the agriculture footprint on rural properties located on the map;
             •      increase biodiversity and riparian overlay footprints — this appears to be at the expense of the
                    agricultural footprint, the rural lands have been extensively cleared in the past and little true remnant
                    remains. Landowners should not be put to expense to challenge inaccurate maps;
             •      substantially increases the flood overlay footprint — this does not reflect my knowledge and
                    experience of the land. I am also not aware of any flood survey being conducted over my land so how
                    can the flood map accurately be reflective;
             •      decreases the bushfire hazard form the previous 2006 scheme — this is concerning because I
                    witnessed wild fires — why has the bushfire risk been decreased when vegetation has got denser and
                    thicker?




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