2020-10-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         6 OCTOBER 2020


4.    NEW PLANNING SCHEME
The Noosa Plan (2020) maintains the site’s inclusion with the Heritage Overlay and designation
within a Character Area. The new planning scheme heritage provisions are consistent with the
superseded planning scheme. As such the proposed development is inconsistent with the
Purpose and Overall Outcomes and the Performance Outcomes of the Cooroy Local Plan Code
and the Heritage Overlay Code. It is noted also that the Cooroy Local Plan Code specifically calls
for development within a character area to retain or reuse buildings that have cultural heritage or
townscape significance. The Heritage Overlay also maintains the same hierarchy of retain, re-
locate or demolish as the superseded planning scheme.
The new planning scheme maintains the site within a community type zoning (Community
Facilities) however the level of assessment for the medical use has been amended from Impact
to Code.
5.    CONSULTATION
5.1. Referral Agencies
The application was referred to the following Referral Agencies:
 Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (SARA)
The Department is a referral agency for development application for a material change of use
within 25 metres of a State transport corridor.
The Department has responded providing conditions relating to stormwater management.
5.2. Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council officers:
 Development Engineering                            Heritage Coordinator
 Building and Plumbing Services                     Environment Officer
5.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 21 business days in accordance with the Planning Act
2016. 6 properly made and 1 not properly made submissions were received. The following table
provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by submitters.
 Matters Raised                                     Comments
 Support
 Benefit the community by increasing the scope      It is acknowledged that the proposed use may provide
 of medical services.                               some community benefit by providing convenient and
 Will provide complementary services to those       accessible medical services. It is noted that an existing
 offered at the Eden Private Hospital.              x-ray and imaging service and additional medical
 Will provide convenience and accessibility for     services currently operate from the Eden hospital.
 practitioners and patients.
 Existing tenant at Eden Hospital needs to re-
 locate within 3 years. If required to re-locate
 into the town will cause car parking issues.
 Radiology and x-ray service – will no longer
 need to go to Noosa.
 Object
 Will create more of a traffic burden on an         The application has demonstrated that the required 44
 already overloaded small town.                     equivalent car parking spaces can be located on site.
 Will increase traffic congestion – Eden hospital   However, there are concerns with the number of
 expanding, new supermarket and playground.         tandem spaces provided and for the capacity for both a
 Existing traffic problems.                         front loading waste collection vehicle and a semi rigid
 Unsafe for pedestrians as Maple Street has         vehicle to access and manoeuvre through the site
 become more hazardous past 2 years.                without resulting in conflict.
 Should be located on the other side of the         Traffic associated with the proposed development will
 railway tracks.                                    not significantly exacerbate any existing traffic issues.


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