2015-01-12 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                   12 January 2015


•     Be supported by planning and development assessment processes that facilitate the timely
      and cost-effective development of greenfield land within the Urban Footprint.

In drafting the next Noosa planning scheme the SEQ Regional Plan will still need to be
considered. There will be some changes regarding its effect which are contained within the P&D
Bill. For example, there will not be any State Planning regulatory provisions that override
planning schemes and prohibit certain applications being made. While the content of the plan is
still largely speculation it is likely there will no longer be a 100ha minimum lot size specified for
rural areas.

3.3   Queensland Planning Provisions (QPP)

The QPP, which first commenced in 2009, will cease to exist in that format. The State plans to
minimise the mandatory core components and this required content will be contained in the P&D
Regulation Division 2 Local Planning Instruments Subdivision 1 Making or Amending Local
Planning Instruments.

DSDIP suggest it is likely mandatory provisions will include the requirement for a Strategic Plan,
land use and administrative definitions, the name and intent of zones (and the mapping format so
that zones have the same colour throughout the State), structure for tables of assessment,
infrastructure planning provisions and other administrative matters.

Other components will be available to councils as guidance material. For instance, the State is
developing guidelines for Delivering Prosperity & Growth through Planning Schemes and also
model standard assessment provisions. This material will include non-mandatory planning
scheme content as well as leading practice material designed to result in efficient and effective
planning schemes. It is considered however that if a Council chooses to include a particular
element within its planning scheme (such as an overlay indicating a development constraint) it
could only do so in accordance with the guidance material and not necessarily “raise the bar”.

To cover the period before the new P&D Bill is enacted the state government in December 2014
released a new draft version of the QPP, namely QPP version 4. These provisions have been
provided to allow greater flexibility for schemes being drafted under the current Sustainable
Planning Act (SPA). It contains Module A which is a mandatory template for any new planning
scheme, Module B which is guidance about the drafting of all components of the planning
scheme, and identifies when additional content may be incorporated by a local government.

One proposed change of interest to Council, may be the incorporation of definitions for Defined
flood level, Flood hazard area, Flood hazard level, Freeboard and the impact of these on Building
Height. Building height will be measured from the flood hazard level rather than natural ground
level so that if the minimum floor height has to be raised the roof line can proportionally be raised
as well.

Comments on the draft QPP are due to be submitted to the state by 16 January 2015. As
Council is not intending to prepare a new planning scheme under SPA, it is not considered a high
priority.

3.4   Statutory Guideline for Making and Amending a Local Planning Instrument (MALPI)

The State suggests that the requirements for making and amending local planning instruments
(including planning schemes, Local Government Infrastructure Plans and planning scheme
policies) will give more flexibility to local governments and reduce unnecessary process. It is
suggested that this will allow options such as undertaking state interest review and public
notification concurrently and potentially reduce the overall length of time it takes to prepare or
amend a planning instrument.


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