Delegated Report - Code - Planning - RAL26 0023 (As Published) · RAL26/0023

               Development in the locality is low density and dispersed, with allotments addressing Musa Vale
               Road and adjoining rural roads in a manner consistent with the established hinterland settlement
               pattern.
               The proposed boundary realignment is not expected to alter the existing character, intensity of use
               or amenity of the surrounding area.
               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; and
               •      Noosa Plan 2020 (Amendment 4 - 22 July 2026).
               The subject site is located within the SEQ Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area. Section
               23 of Part 16 of the Planning Regulation provides that reconfiguring a lot involving subdivision
               within this area is generally prohibited where the reconfiguration is assessable development under
               section 21.
               However, section 23(2)(a) expressly provides that this prohibition does not apply where the
               reconfiguration constitutes an exempt subdivision. The proposed reconfiguration is defined as an
               exempt subdivision under the Planning Regulation as the proposal subdivision does not create a
               new lot.
               3.2. Noosa Plan 2020
               The following codes from the Noosa Plan 2020 are applicable to this development:
               •    Rural Zone Code;
               •    Works Codes;
               •    Overlay Code
               The subject site is located in Cooroy and is zoned Rural. The proposed use is identified as a
               consistent use within the zone and is required to follow a code assessable application process.
               The application has been found to generally comply with all applicable statutory instruments. The
               pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:


               Reconfiguring a Lot Code
               Acceptable Outcome AO26 of the Reconfiguring a Lot Code relates to the Rearrangement of Lot
               Boundaries and applies to the proposal. This acceptable outcome specifies that:
                      The rearrangement of lot boundaries results is an improvement to the existing situation
                      whereby the size and dimensions of proposed lots comply more fully with Table 9.5.1.4
                      Minimum lot size and dimensions. and at least one of the following is achieved:
                      (a)     the rearrangement of lots remedies an existing boundary encroachment by a
                              building or structure;
                      (b)     the rearranged lots will be made more regular in shape;
                      (c)     access is provided to a lot that previously had no access or an unsuitable
                              access;
                      (d)     the rearranged lots better meet the overall outcomes for the zone and the local
                              plan area in which the site is situated;
                      (e)     the rearrangement of lots provides for a significant improvement in rural
                              productivity; or

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