2018-09-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  11 SEPTEMBER 2018


4.    CONSULTATION
4.1. Referral Agencies
The application was referred to the following Referral Agency:
    Department of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (SARA)
The Department is a referral agency for the application as the site is accessed directly from a
state-controlled road.
The Department has responded and approved the development subject to conditions to be
attached to the Decision Notice and advises that:
a.    Adequate sight distance is available at the access location.
a.    No adverse crash history exists at the access location.
b.    The objective of the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 (TIA) require the establishment of a
      road regime that is safe and efficient.
c.    The intensification of use of the access will not result in significant impacts to the safety or
      efficiency of the road network.

4.2. Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council officers:
    Ecology Officer
    Engineering Officer

4.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 days business days in accordance with the Planning
Act 2016. One properly made submission was received from the northern adjoining property
owner. The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by
submitter.

 Matters Raised                                   Comments
 The development application incorrectly          The assessment of this application assumes agricultural
 identifies my adjoining land as being a          pursuits will be undertaken on rural land.
 residential use and fails to acknowledge its
 equine uses.
 The proposal is more akin to detached motel      The visitor accommodation structures meet the
 villas (70m2 each) in a themed rural setting     definition of a cabin in accordance with The Noosa
 than a farm stay in eco cabins which are         Plan.
 ancillary to the continued operation of a farm   The proposal is taking advantage of the natural features
 as being claimed in the development              of the area (Mt Pinbarren, Pinbarren Creek and the
 application.                                     Noosa Trail Network) and the applicant is in the start-up
                                                  phase of small scale agricultural pursuits.
 The development application fails to             As a response to the submission, the applicant has
 acknowledge the potential for noise nuisance     moved the closest cabins to the neighbouring use to the
 on my equine use of the adjoining property       west and provided a greater setback to avoid a
 which is as close as 25 metres from the          neighbour dispute. The closest cabin is proposed
 proposed cabins.                                 approx.65m – 70m from the nearest fenced paddock
                                                  and approx.80m - 90m from the farm shed.
                                                  There are examples in the Shire where detached
                                                  housing (far more intensive residential use than that
                                                  proposed) are adjacent to intensive equine uses and
                                                  generally exist in harmony.



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