2021-11-09 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 NOVEMBER 2021




                         Figure 3 – East Elevation as lodged with the application




                     Figure 4 – Revised Plan of Shed provided during court mediation

During the course of the appeal, mediation was attended with the Court registrar wherein the
applicant offered a revised plan for the shed, to improve the building’s presentation to the foreshore
area. Council’s reasons for refusal were also discussed with the applicant wherein officers
suggested an operational plan be produced to demonstrate how the business could reasonably
operate within the lease area and not be in continual breach of Council’s local laws. Following the
mediation the applicant produced a basic operational plan. Plans of the lease area were also
provided to demonstrate that the size and number of craft that could be accommodated in the lease
area and ensure briefing of patrons of craft usage also occurred in the lease area.
Through this process the applicant was able to demonstrate that the extensions to the hire and
storage shed would not result in any significant increase to commercial operations on the Noosa
River. Further that the number of craft associated with the business would remain generally
consistent with the operations at the time of the last expansion to the jetty in 2015, albeit with a
minor reduction to craft numbers and improved operational practices.
It is therefore recommended that the appeal be settled, with a number of conditions directed at
ensuring the business remains at an appropriate scale, and the use operates within the lease area.

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