Town Planning Assessment Report

5.0 PLANNING ASSESSMENT
Under the Noosa Plan 2020, the site is within the Low Impact Industry zone and the Cooroy local plan
area. Refer Figure 3 below. The proposed development is consistent and code assessable within the
Low Impact Industry zone code.




              Figure 3: Zone Map Extract (Noosa Council Mapping, accessed September 2021)


5.1 DEFINITION

Under the Noosa Plan 2020, the proposed development is defined as:

Caretaker’s accommodation means the use of premises for a dwelling for a caretaker of a
non-residential use on the same premises.

Low impact industry means the use of premises for an industrial activity—
      1. that is the manufacturing, producing, processing, repairing, altering, recycling, storing,
         distributing, transferring or treating of products; and
      2. that a local planning instrument applying to the premises states is a low impact industry;
         and
      3. that complies with any thresholds for the activity stated in a local planning instrument
         applying to the premises, including, for example, thresholds relating to the number of
         products manufactured or the level of emissions produced by the activity.

Comment: The proposal is considered in accordance with the above definitions.




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