2019-05-07 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         7 MAY 2019


3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
    State Planning Policy;
    South East Queensland Regional Plan;
    Planning Regulation 2017;
    The Noosa Plan.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
The Noosa Plan is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy 2017 (SPP) and the SPP
raises no further issues relevant to the proposal.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The subject industrial site is identified as being within the Urban Footprint in the Regional Plan.
Planning Regulation 2017
The following assessment benchmark from the Planning Regulation 2017 applies to the
application:
    SEQ Development Area
The proposal is for an urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the
assessment benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Development
Area.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The subject site is located in the Industry Zone of the Noosaville Locality. The proposed use is
identified as an inconsistent use within the zone and is required to follow an impact assessable
application process.
Overall Outcome vv) ii of the Noosaville Locality Code seeks to protect the Noosaville industrial
estate for industrial functions to the exclusion of incompatible uses, including residential,
community and commercial uses, and most sport and recreation uses. Since the commencement
of the Noosa Plan in 2006 gyms, swim schools and the like have been approved in the
Noosaville industrial area, given these uses are generally floor area consumptive and as such
difficult to locate in the business centres. The proposed gym has a floor area of 414m 2 and is
consistent in size with other large floor area gyms approved in the industrial area.
Land Use & Works Provisions
The application has been assessed against applicable codes. The pertinent issues arising out of
the assessment against the codes are discussed below:
Carparking
The existing floor area over the whole development is 414m2 which would have required 9 car
spaces for industrial uses. Currently there are 9 spaces on site.
The Driveways and Carparking Code requires carparking for the proposed gym at the following
rate:
1 space per 20m2, or part thereof, of use area;
OR
1 space per 3 persons capable of being entertained at any one time, whichever is the greater.
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