2020-08-20 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                        20 AUGUST 2020


          6.    The proposal does not comply with the Overall Outcomes a), b) c), d) and g) and
                Specific Outcomes O1, O3, O4, O7, O8, O11, O14, O15, O16, O18 and O19 of the
                Biodiversity Overlay Code, as the proposal would result in significant adverse
                impacts on the natural environment as a result of:
                a)    clearing 1.24 hectares of threatened species habitat of high value regrowth
                      vegetation;
                b)    the potential to pollute a wetland with high ecological values through waste
                      water disposal.
          7.    The development proposal is inconsistent with the 2020 Noosa Plan, in which the
                land is zoned tourist accommodation, the provisions of which seek to restrict the
                subject land for visitor accommodation and to preserve the amenity of the area and
                natural vegetation in a similar manner to the 2006 Noosa Plan.
          8.    Since the time of lodgement of the development application the State mapping has
                been updated, the subject land being now mapped as a koala priority area and
                core koala habitat area in which development is prohibited under the Planning
                Regulation 2017 to the extent it interferes with koala habitat.
          9.    There is no significant economic or town planning need for the proposed
                development.
          10.   There are no discretionary matters which would warrant approval of the proposed
                development.
    B.    Note the report is provided in accordance with Section 63(5) of the Planning Act 2016.
    C.    Note the application was lodged under the Noosa Plan 2006, which was superseded by
          the Noosa Plan 2020, which commenced on 31 July 2020. All references to the ‘Noosa
          Plan’ or ‘the planning scheme’ within the assessment report is in reference to the now
          superseded Noosa Plan 2006.
    For:        Crs Stockwell, Jurisevic, Wilkie and Wegener
    Against:    Crs Lorentson and Stewart
                                                                                         Carried.
    Cr Lorentson voted against the motion.



2   CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSE PLAN
    Committee Recommendation
    Moved:            Cr Wegener
    Seconded:         Cr Stockwell
    That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the Planning & Environment
    Committee Meeting on the Climate Change Response Plan dated 11 August 2020 and
    A.    Approve the Project Plan and Community and Stakeholder Engagement Plan provided
          at Attachment 1 and 2 to the report; and
    B.    Approve the updated Climate Emergency Response Plan PCG Charter provided at
          Attachment 3 to the report.
                                                                Carried unanimously.




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