Covering letter - 11 Senegal Rise

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30 September 2021



Noosa Council
PO Box 141
Tewantin QLD 4565

Dear Sir/Madam

              MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
                 DWELLING HOUSE, 11 SENEGAL RISE, DOONAN

On behalf of Chris Bentley, please find enclosed an application for a material change of use
development permit for a new dwelling house on a rural residential property described as
Lot 120 on RP887986. The development application has been prepared in accordance with
section 51 of the Planning Act 2016.

A very small portion of the eastern extent of the property is cleared, while the balance of
the allotment is vegetated. The proposed dwelling house is located on flatter land towards
the road frontage, however there is insufficient clearing to accommodate a residence
within the nominated setbacks, or to accommodate the firebreak required to mitigate
bushfire risk. At a State level, the site is mapped as supporting remnant vegetation listed
as ‘of concern’ under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 and is also mapped as core
koala habitat in a koala priority area. The site is mapped as supporting an area of
biodiversity significance and MESE environmental values under Council’s Biodiversity,
waterways and wetlands overlay.

With regard to State interests, the following applies:
• Schedule 10, Part 3, Division 2 of the Planning Regulation 2017 states that operational
   work that is the clearing of native vegetation on prescribed land is assessable
   development, unless the clearing is exempt clearing work or accepted development
   and is not considered prohibited development. The clearing of native vegetation for
   residential clearing is exempt development under Schedule 21, Part 2, Section 2(b) of
   the Regulation.
• Schedule 10, Part 10, Section 16A of the Planning Regulation 2017 states that
   development interfering with koala habitat in a mapped koala priority area and koala
   habitat area is prohibited development however this does not apply where the extent
   of the development is considered to be exempted development. Reference to Schedule
   24 of the Regulation states the following is exempt development as it relates to the site:
   • Clause (k) – Development other than development mentioned in any of paragraphs
       (a) to (j) of the definitions, that results in a total area on the premises of 500 m2 or


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