Planning Report - 11 Senegal Rise, Doonan

        The majority of vegetation is lost as a result of the 28m wide Asset Protection Zone required to
        enable the proposed dwelling to achieve a BAL29 rating under AS3959 (Australian Standard 3959
        (2018) Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas). A greater setback is required should a
        lower BAL rating be desired, however a BAL29 rating complies with the benchmark set under
        the State Planning Policy. The reduction of the setback distance from the road frontage from
        10m to 6m has contributed to the reduction in the amount of vegetation requiring clearing
        onsite.

        Specific measures responding to the Biodiversity, waterways and wetlands overlay code can be
        found in Appendix C of the Ecological Assessment Report. Details on the bushfire setbacks have
        been provided in the Bushfire Hazard Assessment submitted as part of the application.

4.8     STATE PLANNING POLICY
        Section 2.1 of the Noosa Plan 2020 confirms that the Minister has identified that all aspects of
        the State Planning Policy have been adequately reflected in the planning scheme apart from
        Natural hazards, risk and resilience - coastal hazards - in part. As the subject development is not
        within an area subject to coastal hazards, no further consideration to the State Planning Policy
        is warranted for this application.

4.9     STATE GOVERNMENT INTERESTS
        Schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation 2017 sets out matters that comprise assessable
        development in addition to those nominate under a local planning instrument, some of which
        require referral to the State Assessment Referral Agency (SARA) for assessment against the
        nominated benchmarks.

        The proposed development site is mapped as comprising remnant vegetation under the State
        government’s vegetation management supporting mapping, however the proposed residence
        is benefitted by an exemption for residential clearing under Schedule 21, Part 2, Section 2(b) of
        the Regulation. In this regard, no referral for impacting native vegetation is required.

        The site is also mapped as being in a koala priority area and comprising core koala habitat under
        the Department of Environment and Science koala habitat mapping. While Schedule 10, Part 10,
        Section 16A prohibits development to the extent the development involves interfering with
        koala habitat in an area that is both a koala priority area and a koala habitat area, this provision
        does not apply to the extent the development is exempted development.

        Reference to the definition of exempted development under Schedule 24 of the Regulation
        provides the following may occur with regard to the proposed development:
        • 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 less of 1 or more


30 September 2021                                 Chris Bentley                                       Page: 14
Ref: 20-052               Planning Report – Proposed Dwelling at 11 Senegal Rise, Doonan