Applicant's Response to RFI - 2.12.19 · 51994.1435.01

   • Entry statement of 2.525m x 2.404m which is within the front setback area as referenced by Drawing
        WD.202. This entry statement is built to boundary.
   • New seat to be built at 1.35m front setback as referenced by Drawing WD.201
   • New ground landscaping zone of approx. 6.56m2 to the street as referenced by Drawing WD.201. This
     planting as shown on approved plans is low plantings within a garden bed of 0.50m in width. No details
     of species or types of planting are provided, only imagery on Drawing WD.001 that indicates very low
     ground covers.
   • Establishment and or relocation of 3 pandanus trees, estimated size of garden beds to support 3 x
     1.5m2.
   • Outdoor dining to occur forward of fascia in new polished concrete surface as referenced in Drawings
     WD.210 and WD.501.
   • Total landscaping proposed on approved plans, estimated 11.06m2.


Key observations of the above approval and plans are:
    •    The entry statement is built to boundary,
    •    New seating is built to within 1.3m of boundary,
    •    Dining areas consist of a Lounge Bar, Existing Restaurant, Dining Area under line of new roof and
         Dining Area without cover to within 0.50m of Hastings St Boundary.
    •    The use area established to consider carparking is set within these plans but the above areas.


The current proposed plans – Ground Floor Plan TP1.00 Revision B, First Floor Plan TP1.01 Revision B, Elevations
TP2.00 Revision B, Sections TP3.00 revision B and Presentation TP5.04 prepared by Frank Machia are
designed to meet the requirements and Specific Outcomes as detailed with the Noosa Plan, specifically
referencing the following:


    •    Desired Environmental Outcomes,
    •    Noosa Heads Locality Code,
    •    Noosa Heads Locality Code - Visitor Mixed Use Zone,
    •    Business Use Code, and
    •    Landscaping Code.


All elements of the Current Noosa Plan have been reviewed and in all instances for the Desired Environmental
Outcomes and the above codes, the Noosa Plan provides that the Development complies with the Code if it
fulfils the specific outcomes as detailed.


This wording and requirement of the Noosa Plan is important in the assessment of this change application as
from discussions, there appears to be a focus primarily at the listed Probable Solutions, which within the
planning framework is only one way an application may meet the Specific Outcome.


Desired Environmental Outcomes

The strategic framework sets the policy direction for the planning scheme and forms the basis for ensuring
appropriate development occurs within the Noosa region. The following extract has been taken from the
Desired Environmental Outcomes and applies to development within the Shire.

This high level, strategic outcome can be utilised to demonstrate that the proposed change to the

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