Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

7. PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
7.1 Desired Environmental Outcomes
As the proposed use is identified as Impact Assessable development,
assessment against the Desired Environmental Outcomes (DEO’s) of The Noosa
Plan is required.

There are 12 categories of DEO’s within The Noosa Plan; five (5) of which are
considered to be relevant to this proposal. Demonstration of compliance with the
relevant DEO’s is contained below in Table 7.1.

Table 7.1 - Compliance with the relevant Desired Environmental Outcomes

          Desired Environmental                          Compliance
                Outcomes

 3.1.3 (a) Agricultural Uses               Complies.

 Agricultural industry is maintained The subject site is not currently utilised
 by—                                        for agricultural purposes. However, the
                                            proposed      development      will    not
    (i) conserving           land       for adversely affect the capabilities or
         economically        viable    and practices of the site or surrounding land
         environmentally        sustainable uses, as the establishment of the
         agricultural purposes;             proposed facility will occupy a relatively
    (ii) preventing the fragmentation small lease area (120 m²). The nbn
         of good quality agricultural compound            has    been    strategically
         land;                              located near the western perimeter of
                                            the subject site to reduce any potential
    (iii)       facilitating the growth fragmentation of the uses undertaken
         of non-traditional, though high on site.
         value, crops        which have
         minimal impact on the natural The introduction of Fixed Wireless
         environment        or    adjacent coverage will enhance the community’s
         crops;                             economic wellbeing and social growth.
                                            Fixed Wireless in Cooroibah will aid
    (iv)        facilitating the growth economic and social growth and
         of    non-traditional      animal diversification within the agricultural
         husbandry practices such as sectors, and create an opportunity for
         aquaculture where it does not supplementary incomes and business
         alienate        good       quality pursuits.
         agricultural land or have a
         detrimental impact upon the Therefore the proposal is consistent
         environment;                       with DEO 3.1.3 (a).

    (v) protecting agricultural pursuits



Page 41