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

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               7 DECEMBER 2021


2.2   Site Description
The subject site is located at 52 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads. The site is currently occupied by
residential (Ocean Breeze Apartments) and commercial uses including shops to Noosa Drive and
cafes/restaurant to Hastings Street. This application relates to Café Le Monde, which is situated
on the site’s Hasting’s Street frontage. Currently, Café Le Monde features an area of covered
dining within the site’s common property area. There is limited landscaping associated with Café
Le Monde, having been removed with the unapproved works.
2.3   Surrounding Land Uses
The surrounding area comprises a mix of development which includes tourist accommodation,
retail, commercial and restaurant uses.
3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1   Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
     State Planning Policy;
     South East Queensland Regional Plan;
     Planning Regulation 2017;
     Noosa Plan 2020.
3.2   State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
Noosa Plan 2020 is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) and the
SPP raises no further issues relevant to the proposed development.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint of the SEQ Regional Plan. The proposal is consistent
with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.
Planning Regulation 2017
The proposal is for urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the assessment
benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Region.
3.3   Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The application must be assessed against each of the following codes to the extent they are
relevant to the development:
     Tourist Accommodation Zone Code;
     Noosa Heads Local Plan Code;
     Business Activities Code; and
     Works Codes.
Locality Provisions
The subject site is located in the Noosa Heads Locality and is zoned Tourist Accommodation. The
proposed use is identified as a consistent use with the zone and is required to follow a code
assessable application process.
The application has been found to generally comply with all applicable statutory instruments. The
pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:




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