Meeting papers

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING                                              9 JULY 2024


5.1     UNITYWATER NOOSA NETSERV PLAN - PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS


Author              Strategy and Sustainability Manager, Anita Lakeland
                    Strategic Land Use & Planning | Strategy and Environment
Index               41.36 Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP)
                    41.35 Noosa Plan 2020 Amendments
Attachments         1.   Attachment 1 - Draft Technical Note on Noosa Shire Netserv Plan
                         Planning Assumptions


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this report is to seek Council's endorsement of the planning assumptions and growth
projections derived from Unitywater's Demand Modeller and Tracking Tool (DMaTT) to inform both
Unitywater's Water Netserv Plan. The draft Technical Note in Attachment A provides the
methodology, planning assumptions and growth forecasts for Noosa Shire's population, dwellings,
gross floor area, employment and network demand in 5 year increments up to 2046 and ultimate.

Unitywater has requested the planning assumptions and growth forecasts contained in the Technical
Note be endorsed by Council under Chapter 4B Part 1 Section 99BK of the South-East Queensland
Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009. On endorsement, the Technical Note will
change from Draft to Final and listed as extrinsic material for Unitywater's Water Netserv Plan.

ShapingSEQ targets and projections

The ShapingSEQ dwelling targets have been included in the DMaTT model. The dwelling supply
target for Noosa Shire requires an additional 5000 dwellings between 2021 and 2046, equating to
200 new dwellings per year. Shaping SEQ's resident population projection is 75,700 people by
2046. It should be noted that the population projections outlined in ShapingSEQ are not targets, but
projections.

Dwellings

The DMaTT model identifies capacity within Noosa Plan 2020 of 5,467 additional dwellings between
2021 and 2046, demonstrating Noosa Plan 2020 including the current round of amendments can
meet the ShapingSEQ dwelling targets.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council
      A. Note the report by the Strategy and Sustainability Manager to the Planning and Environment
         Committee dated 9 July 2024 regarding the Unitywater Noosa Netserv Plan - Planning
         Assumptions;
      B. Endorse the planning assumptions contained within the Technical Note in Attachment A
         under Chapter 4B Part 1 Section 99BK of the South East Queensland Water (Distribution
         and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 for the purpose of Unitywater's Water Netserv Plan.
      C. Note the Netserv Model is a dynamic model and can be updated should any changes occur
         to any of the inputs such as land use scenarios, planning schemes, population projections
         and Development Approvals.




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