Town Planning Report · REC15/0011

                                                                                                       Town Planning Report
                                     Development Permit for a Reconfiguration of a Lot (1 Lot into 11 Residential Lots and 1
                                                                                                Balance Environmental Lot)
                                                                                                    1 George Street, Tewantin



5.         Planning Assessment
This section provides an overview of the legislative context of the application under the provisions of the SPA.
Key assessment details, such as the aspects of development, the level of assessment and referral triggers are
outlined in Table 1 – Development Summary.

5.1        State Planning Requirements

A review of the current SPRPs, SPPs and the applicable Regional Plan has been undertaken. The proposed
development is considered compliant with all of the requirements and no conflicts have been ascertained.

5.1.1      State Planning Regulatory Provisions

The SPRP that are applicable to the site and/or proposal are listed in Table 1 – Development Summary. The
Adopted Charges SPRP is addressed at Section 4.6 above in the context of infrastructure charging.

5.1.2      State Planning Policy

The relevant Interim Development Assessment Requirements of the SPP, as identified in Table 1 –
Development Summary, are addressed in the following table.

                  Table 5 - SPP Interim Development Assessment Requirements
 SPP Assessment Requirements             Response
 Biodiversity
 (1) enhances      matters   of       state    The proposal will not adversely impact on matters on state
     environmental significance      where     environmental significance. The site is subject to regulated
     possible, and                             vegetation (Category B). The presence of environmental
                                               constraints is predominantly located on the balance of the site
 (2) identifies any potential significant      and as such, this half of the site will be dedicated for the
     adverse environmental impacts on
                                               purposes of reserve (environmental park) in accordance with pre-
     matters of state environmental
                                               lodgement discussions with Noosa Council.
     significance, and
 (3) manages the significant adverse           As noted above, the proposal will not adversely impact on
     environmental impacts on matters of       matters of state environmental significance. The proposed lot
     state environment significance by         layout retain many established trees, please refer to Proposal
     protecting the matters of state           Plans included at Appendix B.
     environmental significance from, or
     otherwise mitigating, those impacts.
 Coastal Environment
 (1) avoids or minimises adverse impacts       The site is included within the Coastal Management District
     on:                                       however, the proposed development will not impede on coastal
     (a) coastal processes and coastal         processes and coastal resources.
          resources, and                       To this end, a detail survey undertaken by RPS and included on
     (b) scenic amenity of important           the Proposal Plans at Appendix B indicates that the site is (in
          natural coastal landscapes,          large) not subject to inundation by HAT and at risk from sea
          views and vistas                     erosion. All of the proposed residential allotments and the
                                               proposed drainage lot are located well above HAT (and are set
                                               beyond a 40m offset) at indicated on the Proposal plans at
                                               Appendix B.




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