2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      20 MAY 2014


     tourism facilities should remain impact assessable of a certain scale and intensity to avoid
      planning conflicts.

5     Vegetation Protection

A number of concerns and suggestions were raised with regards to vegetation and biodiversity
protection including:
     Update zoning map to reflect tenure and ownership changes for conservation.
     Give additional recognition to riparian areas and their restoration to encourage improved
      heath of the waterways.
     Allow to clear greater distances around buildings to reduce fuel for fire and to prevent storm
      damage to buildings (at least the distance of the tallest trees surrounding).
     Update landscaping code to address specific planting and design requirements detailed in
      submission.
     Ensure tree clearing requirements are fair for rural landholders to enable rural activities and
      building of infrastructure and buildings.
     Offsets to be made available to compensate for vegetation clearing.
     Encourage farmers to plant offsets in partnership with Landcare as buffer zones eg. 50m
      width to alleviate conflicts regarding spray/visual amenity/waterway impacts etc.
     Maintain vegetation clearing regulations at the local level particularly given recent state
      government changes to the Vegetation Management Act.
     Vegetation protection in Noosa is one of the important elements making Noosa a special
      place.

6     Flood Hazard

A number of concerns and suggestions were raised with regards to flood hazard management
including:
     More attention needed to connectivity between footpath and the ‘podium’ level of new
      ground floors that are raised to overcome flood threats. In this regard encourage well
      designed pedestrian flows, with equitable access for abled and disabled people.
     Planning scheme provisions need to recognise climate change and these provisions need
      to form part of a broader program to raise community awareness of predicted changes to
      climate.
     Update flood maps including removal of large urban areas that have been filled since 2004
      and are thus relieved of flood risk.
     Object to land subject to the flood overlay being treated as a ‘one size fits all’. Risks
      upstream are different to those at the river mouth, thus Council needs to find a better way
      of depicting degrees of flood risk on the mapping.
     Any increases in the minimum habitable floor height should also come with an increase in
      the building height limit to 10m for all allotments below the 2.5m AHD to provide for better
      design options for car accommodation and two habitable floors above.

7     Community, Recreation and Open Space

Noosa trails
There was support for further opportunities associated with Noosa Trail Network.

Heritage design
There was support for new buildings in character areas and on heritage sites being required to
address codes. It was suggested that provisions should be written such that the code does not
stifle innovation and contemporary design or seek to replicate existing buildings, but instead
should complement, support and enhance existing heritage buildings.



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