MCU23/0090 Application For Material Change Of Use – Hotel (Extension To Existing Hotel) And DBW23/0073 - Building Work (Demolition) At 118 Poinciana Ave & 26 Diyan St, Tewantin · Attachment 2 – (MCU23/0090 & DBW23/0073) - Officer’S Report

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                   17 MARCH 2025


to Diyan Street and whilst bike racks are permitted in landscaped areas it is considered the loss of
meaningful soft landscaping to this frontage is not appropriate especially when there are other
areas available on site. A condition has been included to reduce the area designated for bike racks
along the Diyan Street frontage.
Heritage Overlay
Under the Noosa Plan 2020 the site is identified as being in the Heritage and Character Area
Overlay - Local Heritage Place. The Heritage Overlay Code triggers assessment for both the
Material Change of Use component as well as the proposed demolition works.
The application was referred to Council’s Acting Heritage Coordinator who provided extensive
comments about the original plans lodged and requested further information.
In response to the information request, the applicant modified the proposal plans and removed
several of the original proposed new extensions (function room) which had been indicated as being
inconsistent with the Heritage requirements. These amended plans were referred to the Councils
Heritage officers who have indicated that these plans generally addressed key concerns.
Whilst most aspects had been addressed, the concerns raised by Council’s Heritage officer relating
to the retention of the vertical balustrade across the frontage of the building (installed sometime in
2017) have not been satisfactorily addressed. The applicant has indicated that these works are
outside the scope of work for the application stating:
The lodged scheme, and the scheme as revised, takes into account the modern requirements for
the operation of regional hotels, and works largely within the current fabric of the building to
rejuvenate the hotel operation, without having a negative impact on the significant fabric of the
building, and the cultural significance of the site in a broader sense.
A preliminary review indicates that the Noosa Plan 2006 included the premises as a heritage site
and that alteration of the balustrade was building work which needed an approval. Such approval
was not obtained. As the balustrades impact on the character of the building and streetscape and
based on the scale of works proposed, it is considered appropriate to include a condition that
provides horizontal detailing to the frontage as requested by Council’s Acting Heritage Coordinator.
The below images detail the original horizontal detailing and the vertical balustrades that we
installed in 2017.