Permissible Change Cover Letter, Form and Attachments

2.0       Proposed Changes to Approval
The applicant intends to make the following changes to the approval:

         a drive-through facility is proposed to be incorporated into the design to
          service the 24 hour food and beverage tenancy. The drive-through
          facility is located along the southern boundary with access via the
          driveway aisle adjacent to the approved Lionel Donovan Drive
          driveway. A waiting bay is also proposed adjacent to the exit to the
          drive-through facility;
         the food and beverage tenancy and the service station building,
          carparking and fuel canopy have been relocated further to the north to
          accommodate the drive-through facility.
         the approved 43m2 outdoor dining area for the food and beverage
          tenancy has been removed. The food and beverage tenancy shape
          has been modified and the gross floor area (GFA) increased from 137m2
          to 151m2, whilst the ‘total use area’ has decreased due the removal of
          the outdoor dining area.
         the bicycle rack, bin storage location and bio-retention basin adjacent
          to the service station have been relocated/redesigned to
          accommodate the drive-through;
         the landscape areas have been revised although the overall landscape
          area still achieves 15% of the site area as approved;
         the GFA of the industrial buildings has been reduced slightly;
         car parking numbers have been reduced from 67 car parking spaces
          plus 6 MC spaces to 63 spaces plus 8 MC spaces and the car parking
          layout has been modified slightly but the same main circulation aisles
          remain. The revised parking allocation has been confirmed by Council’s
          Glen Conforti, via email exchange, as being consistent with the
          methodology used to calculate the original parking requirement for the
          approved development.

These changes are illustrated on the revised site plan and floor plan prepared by
Powe Architects, included here as Attachment A. The revised landscape plans
prepared by the DFS Group (Attachment B), illustrate the changes to the
landscape areas.

In respect of the proposed amendments, please consider the following points as
part of your assessment of the merits of the change:

      -   A drive-through is being considered to make a point of difference to
          other tradies cafés in the immediate area;
      -   The applicant is cognisant of comments from the councillors about
          facilities in Noosa and particularly what council had tried previously to
          achieve in terms of a 24 hr servo shop and café: and believes this
          proposal help meet that need;
      -   The changes respond to media and other café owner’s comments
          about wanting the nature of the proposed use to be different to what
          was originally proposed;
      -   As a 24 hour operation, a drive-through facility is a fundamental
          requirement for safety of staff throughout the night;



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