2021-12-07 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda - Updated

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 7 DECEMBER 2021




                         Figure 1: Lake Doonella - Shields St to Memorial Ave

Preliminary investigations revealed a similar level of confusion and potential for conflicting
objectives among potential and actual land managers and landowners in the Shields St – Memorial
Ave area, including private landholders, the Council and State Government. It is noted that the
area has complex tenure arrangements, including a mix of freehold lots held by the Department of
Transport and Main Roads, various forms of reserves with Council as Trustee and lack of clarity
about the extent of private property and whether it extends to the high-water mark, or extends to
the cadastral boundary as shown on maps and registered plans.
In addition, infrastructure such as sewer lines and private yard encroachments extend into the Lake
Doonella foreshore. Some of Councils own documents such as the Noosa Cycling and Walking
Strategy and Implementation Plan 2020 – 2040 also indicates networks of future new cycle and
walking paths through the area, which may be at odds with tenure and legislative obligations and
environmental restraints
The area also has significant biodiversity and environmental values of foreshores and wetlands,
with some in good condition, but significant sections requiring restoration.
The balance of Lake Doonella Foreshore is identified, and managed by Council’s Natural Areas,
as Doonella Wetlands Nature Refuge and Lake Doonella Bushland Reserve (Figure 2: Lake
Doonella Foreshore showing bushland reserves). The significant biodiversity and environmental
values of foreshores and wetlands are recognised here by partial Nature Refuge tenure under the
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld) and Tier One Bushland Reserve classification. Many of the
issues that occur in the Shields St – Memorial Ave area also occur elsewhere in Doonella Wetlands
Nature Refuge and Lake Doonella Bushland Reserve, albeit usually at a lower intensity.




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