MCU23/0007 & RAL23/0001 - Material Change of Use for Multiple dwellings - Affordable Rental Premises (19 small dwelling units) and Reconfiguring a Lot (4 lots into 2) at 45-47A Maple Street & 9 Myall Street, Cooroy · ATTACHMENT 2 – MCU23/0007 AND RAL23/0001 – COORDINATOR PLANNING REPORT

Council will also seek amendment to the Community Facilities Zone to allow for multiple housing,
dual occupancies and community residences where they specifically meet the fully accessible or
high physical support design criteria.

The proposal would deliver an outcome consistent with what is identified as highly needed in the
Housing Strategy 2022. All dwellings have been designed with accessibility considerations in mind
(door widths, internal dimensions, adaptability etc), with the ground floor dwellings particularly
suited to accommodating a broad range of mobility and access needs for future residents. The
land is also well suited to residential development being in proximity to existing residential
dwellings, close to services and facilities and free of hazardous constraints.
To ensure the site is developed as intended and the use/affordable housing provision is
maintained, the applicant has supplied a signed Deed of Agreement between the applicant and
the housing provider. Further, Council will seek the imposition of a registrable covenant that further
limits the development to operate as an affordable rental premises for 20 years.
3.3.4     Zone Code
The site is zoned Community Facilities – Health Services. The following Overall and Performance
Outcomes of the Community Facilities Zone Code are applicable to the proposal:
(a)     The Community Facilities zone primarily accommodates a variety of community
        related activities and infrastructure, as well as certain special residential and recreation uses
        to meet the current and future needs of the community.
(b)     Development provides for the continued use of community land for the specific purpose
        annotated on the zone map, and where the use is no longer meeting a community need, is
        replaced with another community related activity.
(e)     A range of community activities such as cemeteries, childcare centres, clubs (where in
        conjunction with a community use), community care centres, community uses,
        crematoriums, educational establishments, emergency services, funeral parlours,
        healthcare services, hospitals and places of worship are accommodated in the zone.
(g)     Development for health related uses consolidate on the existing Noosa hospital site and
        healthcare services sites in Goodchap Street, Noosaville and Maple Street, Cooroy where
        possible.
(i)     Development for residential purposes, including residential care, retirement facilities,
        relocatable homes, accessible housing and affordable rental premises contribute to
        housing choice for residents including those with special needs.

The following Performance Outcomes of the Community Facilities Zone Code are applicable to
the proposal:

PO3
Development-
a) is consistent with the specific purpose as annotated on the zone map; or
b) where the annotated purpose is no longer meeting a community need, replaces it with
   another community related use; or
c) where there is no specific purpose annotated on the zone map, provides a use consistent
   with the needs of the local community.
PO5
Uses are of a type, scale and intensity consistent with community needs, locational characteristics
and supporting infrastructure.
PO8
Housing Choice is facilitated through provision of communal housing models, accessible
housing, affordable rental premises and if for a Relocatable home park or Retirement
facility includes small dwellings and affordable housing.
The Overall Outcomes acknowledge the diversity of aspirations for land in the Community Facilities
Zone. The primary function of the zone is to accommodate a wide variation of community related