MCU14/0053 - Proposal Report

Proposal Report      Proposed Material Change of Use of Premises for Retail Business - Type 2 Shop and Salon over Land situated at 15 Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads
                     described as Lot 6 on N21827
Applicant:           Cammeray Investments Pty Ltd


             Specific Outcomes                         Probable solutions                                   Response to SO/PS
                                                       (if code assessable)
i)    Wellbeing Types 1, 3 or 4;
j)    Service and utility;
k)    Transport Types 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6;
l)    Detached house;
m)    Multiple housing Type 1; and
n)    Visitor accommodation Types 1 or 3
Effects of use
Character and amenity                                  S49.1 The number of non residential                  Complies (SO) – the proposal, a non-
Hastings Street is predominantly residential           tenancies developed on a site does not               residential use, is limited to the ground
in nature with non-residential uses limited to         exceed the rate of 1 per 20                          floor. Due to the small and narrow block, a
the ground floor.                                      accommodation units or dwelling units;               mixed use is not considered feasible, nor
                                                       provided that non-Residential Uses with a            desirable. A multi-storey development on
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                                                       use area over 100m are calculated as 2               the site may dominate the streetscape
                                                       tenancies.                                           unfavourably.


Mixed-use development, incorporating                   S50.1 No development has a non-                      Complies (SO) – the proposal is not a
Visitor accommodation, is designed and                 Residential Use component of more than               mixed-use development incorporating
operated to ensure Business Uses and                   20% of the gross floor area on the site;             Visitor Accommodation noting that the site
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Community Uses do not have any adverse                           AND                                        is only 286 m . None the less, the
impact on the amenity enjoyed by residents             S50.2 No single Business Use has a use               operation of the site is such that
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and visitors, including impacts associated             area in excess of 300m ;                             surrounding business, visitor
with—                                                            AND                                        accommodation, and community uses are
a)     visual and acoustic privacy;                    S50.3 Business deliveries are undertaken             not impacted adversely due to any change
b)     safety and security; and                        only between the hours of 6am to 7pm;                in visual and acoustic privacy, safety or
c)     lighting;                                                 AND                                        security, or lighting. As such, it is not
                                                       S50.4 Business Uses operate only                     considered that the proposed development
                                                       between the hours of 7am and 9pm with                will be any sort of encumbrance or pose
                                                       the exception of Entertainment and                   any impact upon the surrounding uses.
                                                       dining business, which may operate until
                                                       2am.
          AND                                                    AND
The character and amenity of the street is             S51.1 Residential Uses are located above             Complies – The character and amenity is
protected through—                                     the ground floor level.                              protected as:
a)     a single access point to the                                                                         a) there is only one access point to the
       development;                                                                                         development;

b)      dense street planting and a variety of                                                              b) no dining or sitting areas proposed,
        alfresco dining and sitting areas                                                                   aside from potentially the use of the front
        serving as local meeting places;                                                                    deck as an entry, waiting, or “chill out”
                                                                                                            space for customers

c)      small separate buildings, rather than                                                               c) the development is a relatively small,
        large single bulking buildings; and                                                                 single storey building with a distinctive and
                                                                                                            coastal character. The built form is not
                                                                                                            large and bulky, rather broken and small,
                                                                                                            with wooden panelling and earthy tones
                                                                                                            adding to the coastally-themed aesthetic,
                                                                                                            and hence it’s appropriate character and
                                                                                                            amenity.

d)      uses on the ground floor level being                                                                d) The building is only a single storey, and
        Business Uses such as shops, cafes,                                                                 the ground floor use is a business use.
        restaurants that create active building
        fronts, with accommodation units
        located above.
Entertainment and dining business uses
Entertainment and dining business uses                 S52.1 Entertainment and dining                       Complies – Not an entertainment
are designed to avoid:-                                business uses do not include drive-                  or dining business.
a)      creating excessive traffic or amenity          through facilities for purchasing food or
        impacts on Hastings Street; or                 alcohol.
b)      interrupting the pedestrian flow along
        footpaths.
Pedestrian connectivity and scenic
amenity                                                S53.1 No solution provided                           Complies – Vistas from Hastings
Vistas from Hastings Street to the beach are                                                                street to the beach are not affected
protected and enhanced;                                                                                     by the proposal.
           AND
Pedestrian links from Hastings Street to the           S54.1 No solution provided                           Complies - Pedestrian links are not
beach, adjacent parkland, national park,                                                                    affected, with the existing building’s
foreshores, reserves and residential                                                                        street access to be retained, and no
neighbourhoods are enhanced;                                                                                development proposed that would affect
           AND                                                                                              the pedestrian linkages.
Fences between buildings and the beach are
designed and sited to be sympathetic with the          S55.1      Fences between buildings and              Complies - No fences between the


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