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

 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                             Planners’ Response                                                                                               Recommendation
 20867180    Owners of 44 Pottery St object to “back zoning” of their property from Detached Housing to Rural                 This site is quite constrained with the eastern half particularly affected by biodiversity values,               Council at its Special Meeting of 12 September 2019 resolved that Zoning Map ZM-9
             Residential. They bought this property seeing Pomona as an area of Noosa shire which would grow in the           waterways (with associated flood hazards), riparian corridor, and landslide hazard. The bushfire                 in Schedule 2.3 of the New Noosa Plan be amended to apply split zoning to 44 Pottery
             future but local businesses are already struggling given a lack                                                  hazard is worse along the western edge due to adjoining bushland.                                                Street so that:
             of population growth which results in no employment for
             young people. There has been a decline in local school                                                           In the previous 1985 planning scheme it was included within the Rural Residential Zone. The 2006                 a)    the portion constrained by existing vegetation with biodiversity and riparian
             enrolments. There has been a stagnation of local wealth and                                                      Noosa Plan included it in the Detached Housing Zone based on the 1997 Strategic Plan. In 2010                          values be zoned Environmental Management & Conservation; and
             an aging retiring population in the area with a lack of working                                                  approval was given for subdivision of 42 and 44 Pottery Street into a total of 21 lots. However after
                                                                                                                              extensions to the currency period the approval has now lapsed.                                                   b)    approximately 9,000 square metres of land considered suitable for
             aged people to service the needs of the community, the area                                                                                                                                                                             development be zoned Low Density Residential.
             needs to rebalance the demographics.                                                                             Consider split zoning Environmental Management and Conservation Zone and Low Density
                                                                                                                              Residential Zone.                                                                                                This formed part of a package of significant changes to the draft scheme re-
             The area has new and recent community infrastructure                                                                                                                                                                              advertised from 13 September.
             improvements such as increases in capital works for water                                                        The block itself would be difficult to develop on its own and collaboration between neighbours would be
             and sewerage as well as rail facilities which would indicate                                                     an advantage. It is noted that while adjoining owners were advised they would be getting a zone                  During the subsequent consultation period a submission was received. See Table
             prospects of growth and settlement for families and work in                                                      change in the next scheme they did not make submissions.                                                         14.3 below.
             the near future.
             Noosa region has much lower household incomes especially
             for fringe communities like Pomona, the town needs further
             development opportunities to allow for affordable building and
             housing of residents. The new Noosa plan shows there is a
             lack of high density living options, also a lack of aged care
             living options in Pomona. However, in the central Noosa area
             properties are being changed to allow an increase in high
             density living. This is not a fair distribution across the region.
             The new Noosa plan is placing Pomona and surrounding
             areas in a socio-economic disadvantage.
             Rural residential development is not resource efficient in terms
             of infrastructure so why would Council want more of it? It is
             also contrary to the Noosa plans’ stated aims to promote agricultural pursuits and more housing, leaving
             these newly zoned ‘rural residential owners’ with ‘no use’ options for their land with no possibility of
             agricultural pursuits and not allowing a use for more housing. Submission includes a concept plan (shown
             to the right) of how they and neighbours could provide more housing within a 600 metres walk of the local
             business centre, designed with respectful consideration for the bordering wildlife and greenspace corridors
             also allowing the community to engage with these aspects.
 20822490    Owner of 49 Reserve St, Pomona objects to the proposed “downzoning” from Detached Housing and Rural              The boundaries of this property have been reconfigured as a portion of the neighbouring property was             Council at its Special Meeting of 12 September 2019 resolved that Zoning Map ZM-9
             to Rural Residential and Rural because the site is not constrained by significant biodiversity values or other   added to the western end. Therefore while the western portion is to some degree less constrained by              in Schedule 2.3 of the New Noosa Plan be amended to apply split zoning to 49
             natural hazards.                                                                                                 vegetation and steep land it is zoned Rural and is outside of the SEQ Regional Plan Urban Footprint.             Reserve Street so that:
             The site has direct access to all services — sewer, reticulated water, power etc and is within walking           The balance is currently within the Detached Housing Zone however there are some challenges to                   a)   the western portion outside the SEQ Regional Plan Urban Footprint remains
             distance to the town centre.                                                                                     urban development of the block and adjoining blocks.                                                                  zoned Rural;
             The previously approved subdivision plans for 1 into 4 lots (predating the 2008 introduction of sewerage)        In other areas of Pomona and in other towns, the approach of split zoning has been employed where it             b)   the portions constrained by existing vegetation with biodiversity values be
             were not economically feasible.                                                                                  is relatively easy to identify the portion of the site that is developable. It is not quite so clear with this        zoned Environmental Management & Conservation; and
                                                                                                                              site however a similar approach could be used.
             Submitter intends at some point to develop the site into 1,000m2 allotments while retaining the mapped                                                                                                                            c)   remaining land considered suitable for development be zoned Low Density
             vegetation. Potentially as per plan below.                                                                       In the previous 1985 planning scheme the lot was zoned Rural                                                          Residential.
                                                                                                                              Residential. When the 1997 Strategic Plan came in it showed
             Submitter maintains his is one of the Restricting last relatively unconstrained, serviced, large subdividable    just a portion of this site (effectively just the access strip in the                                            This formed part of a package of significant changes to the draft scheme re-
             land parcels in Pomona and to restrict subdivision would be detrimental to a town already suffering from lack    Detached Housing Preferred Dominant Land Use, and the                                                            advertised from 13 September.
             of patronage, as evidenced by the number of stores which have closed and are now vacant/up for lease.            balance was Rural Conservation, shown in the figure to the                                                       During the subsequent consultation period a submission was received. See Table
                                                                                                                              right.                                                                                                           14.3 below.
                                                                                                                              With the introduction of the 2006 Noosa Plan the site was put
                                                                                                                              entirely within the Detached Housing Zone on the
                                                                                                                              understanding that development applications would still take
                                                                                                                              account of any constraints such as those depicted on overlays.
                                                                                                                              An application to subdivide this lot was approved subject to conditions some years ago but the current
                                                                                                                              owner has chosen not to pursue that approval.
                                                                                                                              The development concept included within the submission does not necessarily represent the best
                                                                                                                              development for the site and may appear optimistic.
                                                                                                                              A split zoning is proposed and that continues to include the western (newer) portion of this site in the
                                                                                                                              Rural zone, includes areas of biophysical constraints in the Environmental Management and
                                                                                                                              Conservation Zone, and the remainder in the Low Density Residential Zone.




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