132007.2446.05 - Request For An Other Change To An Existing Development Permit For Material Change Of Use - Visitor Accommodation Type 4 Conventional (Visitor Hostel) To Include 11 Additional Beds At 102 Pacific Avenue Sunshine Beach · Attachment 2 - 132007.2446.05 - Officer'S Report

2.     APPLICATION BACKGROUND
22 Apr 2024       Confirmation Notice issued to applicant.
08 May 2024       Information request issued to applicant.
09 Aug 2024       Applicant request stop current period 30bd.
20 Sep 2024       Applicant request stop current period until 23 Sep 2024.
01 Nov 2024       Applicant request stop current period from 5 Nov until 17 Dec 2024.
14 Dec 2024       Public Notification of development application.
15 Dec 2024       Receive Notice of compliance for public notification and request for stop current
                  period until 26 Feb 2025.
20 Mar 2025       Receive applicant’s late Response to Information request.
16 May 2025       Applicant agree to extension of Decision period until 20 Jun 2025.
23 May 2025       Receipt of updated acoustic assessment prepared by David Moore & Associates P/L
30 May 2025       Peer review of acoustic assessment.
17 Jun 2025       Applicant agree to extension of decision period until 20 Jul 2025.
15 Jul 2025       Applicant agree to extension of decision period until 21 Aug 2025.


3.     SITE DETAILS
3.1. Background
17 August 2009 - approval for a Visitor Accommodation Type 4 – Conventional (Visitor Hostel) at
102 Pacific Avenue Sunshine Beach issued under the Noosa Plan 2006.
Whilst the land was zoned Detached Housing the Noosa Plan classified Visitor Accommodation
Type 4 as a consistent use on this site. The application was subject to Impact Assessment. Two
properly made submissions were received. The application included the following features:
•    A two-storey ‘L’ shaped design incorporating the existing building on-site that focuses the
     dormitory rooms internally around the landscaped spa pool area
•    14 hostel rooms (including 1 x 2 beds, 8 x 3 beds, 4 x 4 beds & 1 x 6 beds) sleeping a total of
     48 people
•    3 clusters of 4 individual bathrooms established around dormitory rooms, while two of the
     dormitory rooms include their own separate ensuite (total of 14 bathrooms)
•    Communal laundry, kitchen, recreation and dining rooms
•    Office and reception area
•    A one-bedroom managers unit with ensuite; and
•    On-site parking for 5 cars and 1 minibus
17 December 2009 - change to the approval to allow for the staging of the development and the
removal of a koala habitat tree.
12 November 2018 approval of an Other change, for an additional 21 beds over 102 Pacific Ave
(Lot 164 RP 94566 / 506m²). This site was adjoining the already established 48 bed facility and
was also contained within the Detached Housing zone under the Noosa Plan 2006. At the time of
the application this site was improved with a 3-unit Accommodation building.
A requirement of the approval was for the amalgamation of this smaller lot into the larger adjoining
lot to the east (Lot 163 RP 897370 / 1,012m²) which now results in a combined site area of 1,520m².
In addition, this approval also required the installation of an acoustic fence (see Figure 6) at the
eastern corner of the site to ensure appropriate acoustic separation between the site and adjoining
residential premises to the east.