2015-06-01 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     1 JUNE 2015


The asphalt apron in front of the entry roller door is to be used for wash down of any equipment
and will drain to the surrounding sand area. The new facility is required to replace the existing
lifeguard storage shed located at the end of Hastings Street near the resort complex known as
“No. 2 Hastings Street”. The applicant indicates the existing storage shed currently is dilapidated
and suffers from its distance from the beach and associated transport issues along public roads.
It is intended that the existing storage shed will be demolished and returned to open space
following completion of the new facility.

Council officers involved in the project advise that Council agreed to undertake the design and
approval process. Surf Lifesaving Queensland has obtained funding to carry out the construction,
which is conditional on completion by September 2015.

The application is before Council because the use conflicts with the zoning provisions under The
Noosa Plan. The report is made to Council’s General Committee to allow a timely decision and
meet funding requirements, with the application only entering its formal decision period after the
scheduled Planning & Infrastructure meeting of 26 May 2015.
2.   SITE DETAILS
2.1. Site Description
The proposed shed location is directly adjacent the existing sand pumping facility and
approximately 30m south of the existing coast guard tower at the Noosa River mouth. The area
was disturbed by construction activity associated with the construction of the sand pump facility
but Council has since undertaken some replanting throughout the area and some regrowth of
Macarangas, Casurinas, and the like, is also present. Two mature casurinas are located within
the footprint of the new shed. Photographs indicating the site location are shown in Figures 1 – 3
below.




                               Figure 1 – Aerial Photograph of Site


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