Delegated Report - Code - Planning RAL23 0009 [As Published] · RAL23/0009

               2.      SITE DETAILS
               2.1. Site Description
               The subject site is located on the western fringe of Ridgewood, north west of Cooroy State Forest.
               Each lot has is improved with a dwelling, farm dams and associated outbuildings. Both site are
               provided with separate access from Happy Jack Creek Road via rural style vehicle crossings and
               driveways on the eastern boundary.
               Vegetation on site comprise established trees scattered across the site, a majority of which adjoin
               the dam and watercourse running through the eastern part of the subject site. The topography
               across the site can be described as undulating and falls generally towards the dams and
               watercourse scattered across the site.
               2.2. Surrounding Land Uses
               The site is surrounded by rural landholdings comprising large paddocks of environmental and
               agricultural values.
               3.      ASSESSMENT
               3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
               Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
               statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
               •       State Planning Policy;
               •       South East Queensland Regional Plan;
               •       Planning Regulation 2017; and
               •       Noosa Plan 2020.
               3.2. Noosa Plan 2020
               The following codes from the Noosa Plan 2020 are applicable to this development:
               •       Rural Zone Code;
               •       Reconfiguring a Lot Code;
               •       Works Codes;
               •       Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code;
               •       Flood Hazard Overlay Code;
               The subject site is located in Ridgewood and is zoned Rural. The proposal is required to follow a
               code assessable application process.
               The application has been found to generally comply with all applicable statutory instruments. The
               pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:

                    Criteria                   Existing                        Proposal             Complies

                    Minimum Lot Size
                    • 100 hectares
                    • Lot 8                    21.26 hectares                  12.14 hectares       X
                    • Lot 9                    12.40 hectares                  21.52 hectares       X



               Reconfiguring a Lot Code
               Acceptable Outcome AO26 of the Reconfiguring a Lot Code relates to the Rearrangement of Lot
               Boundaries and applies to the proposal. This acceptable outcome specifies that:


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