General Committee Meeting Report -51995.1611.04 (As Published)

               GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                               13 OCTOBER 2025


               Density Residential Zone. Further to the north and northeast are houses zoned Low Density
               Residential.
               2.     ASSESSMENT BACKGROUND
               Following the completion of public notification, Council issued a Further Advice request via email,
               seeking submission of an Operational Management Plan and a Risk Assessed Management Plan.
               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
               •      The Noosa Plan (25 September 2020).
               3.2. Noosa Plan 2020
               The following codes from the Noosa Plan 2020 are applicable to this development:
               •      Recreation and Open Space Zone Code;
               •      Cooroy Local Plan Code;
               •      Business Activities Code;
               •      Entertainment Activities Code
               •      Recreational Activities Code
               •      Works Codes;
               The subject site is in Cooroy and is zoned Recreation and Open Space. The proposed Food and
               Drink Outlet and Medium Impact Industry (Distillery) are inconsistent uses subject to Impact
               Assessment.
               The pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:
               Land Use
               The original approval permitted Indoor Entertainment (Bowling clubhouse) and Sport and
               Recreation (Bowling greens), the approval was issued under the 1985 planning scheme which
               defined these terms as:
                      “Indoor Entertainment” - Any premises used or intended for use for any activity, purpose
                      or pursuit which affords or is calculated to afford interest or amusement irrespective of
                      whether or not food is provided. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term
                      includes the use of any premises for any of the activities, purposes or pursuits included in,
                      but not limited to Appendix III hereto: -


                      APPENNDIX III
                      Amusement hall
                      Billiard saloon
                      Bowling Centre
                      Broadcasting studio
                      Cinema
                      Circus (indoor)
                      Club (non-residential)


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