Minor Change Report - RAL18/0023 02 (As Published) · RAL18/0023.02

               1.       PROPOSAL
               The application seeks approval to change condition 53(a) of RAL18/0023. Condition 53(a) relates
               to the requirement for a 10m wide landscape garden bed along the non - residential lots facing
               Hofmann Drive. The applicant requests that the landscape buffer be reduced to 7 metres.
               The locality and proposal plan are included below.




                                                          Figure 1 – Locality


               2.       BACKGROUND
               At its Ordinary Meeting of 20th June 2024 Council refused an application for a Material Change of
               Use for a Childcare centre for 96 children on lot 4. The proposal was refused as it:

                    •    Did not provide a 10-metre-wide landscaped garden to Hofmann Drive consistent with
                         conditions of the original Reconfiguration approval that created the lot.
                    •    Failed to incorporate the 10-metre landscape setback required to achieve the parklike
                         setting envisaged by the Noosa Plan.
                    •    Sought approval for a use that was inconsistent in the Major Centre zone - Business Park
                         Precinct which sought to deliver commercial, and employment uses for the precinct.
                    •    Proposed a bio retention basin at the front of the site in the setback area resulting visual
                         impacts.
                    •    Located bicycle parking in an area that impeded access around the site.
               The Appeal was resolved in April 2025 with the Appellant making changes to the proposal including
               a 7-metre-wide landscape buffer to lot 4 along Hofmann Drive, increased setback of the building
               from the front boundary, increase to the building footprint, and an associated realignment of the
               rear boundary further to the north to accommodate the increased building setback and footprint.


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