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

2. Introduction & Background
2.1    Statutory Framework
The Planning Act 2016 and Planning Regulation 2017 form the primary legislation for planning within
Queensland.
Part 3 of the Planning Act addresses Local Planning Instruments. It states that a planning scheme
must identify strategic outcomes for the local government area; include measures that facilitate the
achievement of the strategic outcomes; and coordinate and integrate the matters dealt with by the
planning scheme, including State and regional aspects of the matters.
Section 18 of the Planning Act provides for a tailored approach to plan making through the Minister’s
Guidelines and Rules (MGR), a statutory instrument given effect through the Planning Regulation
that contains guidelines and rules about plan making. According to Section 18 of the Act, the process
Council must follow in preparing its planning scheme is established by a notice issued by the Chief
Executive, Department of State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning
(DSDMIP). This process is discussed further in Section 0 below.

2.2    Council decisions
Council formally proposed to prepare a new planning scheme for the whole of Noosa Shire on 15
September 2016. This decision was made and acted upon pursuant to the Sustainable Planning Act
2009. However, with the introduction of the Planning Act 2016, Council decided in November 2017
to discontinue preparation of the New Noosa Plan under the Sustainable Planning Act and move to
comply with the Planning Act.
The process to prepare a New Noosa Plan commenced with preparation of a Discussion Paper that
expressed numerous policy ideas addressing seven themes and also the localities in Noosa Shire.
While not a mandatory component this exercise was seen as a valuable way of sourcing drafting
instructions from the community. The Discussion Paper was released for community feedback
between October and December 2016 resulting in approximately 500 suggestions.
Drafting of the New Noosa Plan took into account a large range of inputs, including the current Noosa
Plan; State Interests and State Planning Policy guidance material; the South East Queensland
Regional Plan 2017; community feedback on the Discussion Paper; feedback from various
stakeholder groups; Council’s endorsed plans, strategies and principles and additional background
studies.
At its meeting of 29 May 2018 Council endorsed the proposed new planning scheme for the purpose
of State Interest Review. The draft scheme was forwarded to the Chief Executive, DSDMIP for the
first of two mandatory State Interest Reviews and over a period of several months Council staff
worked with State agencies to refine the scheme, addressing matters of state interest. On 21 January
2019, Council was advised that the proposed planning scheme appropriately integrated the relevant
state interests for the Noosa Shire and that public consultation on the scheme could commence.
On 14 February 2019 Council endorsed the draft planning scheme, for the purpose of public
consultation.
On 12 September 2019 Council endorsed changes to the draft planning scheme considered
significant and undertook a further round of consultation on those changes.




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