MCU25/0118 - APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR MULITIPLE DWELLING - AFFORDABLE RENTAL PREMISES (25 x SMALL DWELLINGS) AT 64 LAKE MACDONALD DRIVE, COOROY · ATTACHMENT 2 - (MCU25 0118) - PLANNING OFFICERS REPORT

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                              10 FEBRUARY 2026




                                 Figure 6 – North / South Elevations


2.    APPLICATION BACKGROUND


2.1 Application Process
The application was lodged on 29 September 2025, and an Information Request was issued on 14
October 2025. The request required further information regarding plan detail, building design,
landscaping, car parking, waste collection, access, and earthworks.

Further items for clarification were sought and sent via email on 25 November 2025, relating to the
Lake Macdonald Drive elevation, parking spaces with persons with disability and discrepancies
between plans.

All items have since been appropriately addressed and further discussed below.
2.2   Funding Arrangement and Security in Perpetuity
The applicant has advised:

      The project is subject to a Capital Funding Agreement (CFA) with the Queensland
      Government Department of Housing. The CFA commits the project to Social Housing in
      perpetuity, with a State mortgage over the land.

      As social housing owned by a Registered Community Housing Provider (RCHP), the
      dwellings will be registered as Community Housing Assets under the Housing Act 2003 (Qld)
      and will be subject to regulatory requirements under the National Regulatory System for
      Community Housing (NRSCH). Protections are provided to the asset under the Act, to ensure