Town Planning Assessment Report · MCU23/0139

5.3.    The Noosa Plan 2020

        5.3.1. Definition

The Noosa Plan 2020 defines a Dual Occupancy as follows:

Dual occupancy-

    a) means a residential use of premises for 2 households involving—
          i.   2 dwellings (whether attached or detached) on a single lot or 2 dwellings (whether attached
               or detached) on separate lots that share a common property; and
         ii.   any domestic outbuilding associated with the dwellings; but
    b) does not include a residential use of premises that involves a secondary dwelling.

The proposal meets the definition of a Dual Occupancy as it involves the establishment of two dwellings on
the premises.


        5.3.2. Level of Assessment and Assessment Requirements

The site is a located within the Medium Density Residential Zone and Cooroy Local Plan Area under the
Noosa Plan 2020. Pursuant to Table 5.5.2 of the Planning Scheme, the proposed Dual Occupancy use is
‘code assessable’.

In accordance with Section 45(3) of the Planning Act 2016 a code assessment is an assessment that must be
carried out only—

    (a) against the assessment benchmarks in a categorising instrument for the development; and
    (b) having regard to any matters prescribed by regulation for this paragraph.


        5.3.3. Assessment

Pursuant to Table 5.5.2 of the Planning Scheme, the application is assessable against the following codes:
    + Cooroy Local Plan Code
    + Medium Density Residential Zone Code
    + Dual Occupancy and Multiple Dwelling Code
    + Works Codes

An assessment against the abovementioned applicable codes has revealed that the development is
compliant with, or can be conditioned to comply with, each. The pertinent issues arising out of an assessment
against each of the codes are discussed below.

Table 5.3.3.1
 Criteria                Noosa Plan 2020                        Proposal                                Compliance
 Site area               -                                      1,011.08m2                              NA
 Building height         8m                                     max 5.8m(approximately)                 P
 Site Cover              40% (404.43m2)                         26.3% (265.7m2)                         P
 Plot Ratio /GFA         0.4:1 (404.43m2)                       0.17 (178.5m2)                          P
 Boundary setbacks
 • Frontage              6m                                     10.6m to garage and 13.622m to
     (Olivine Street)                                           dwelling eave of Unit 1        P

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