Town Planning Cover Letter

The subject land is formally described as Lot 132 on RP88934 at 7 Berrima Row, Noosa
Heads, and has a site area of 505.47m​2​. The site has a 34m frontage to Berrima Row. The
property falls towards the south-west.



                                          PROPOSAL

This application seeks a development permit for a Material Change of Use of premises to
establish Short-Term Accommodation within an existing building in accordance with the
attached Proposal Plans.

The existing building comprises a primary dwelling house and a secondary dwelling house.
The primary dwelling house comprises 3 bedrooms, 3 ensuites, a secret room, double car
garage, 2 laundries, study, living, dining and a kitchen. Parking will be provided within the
double car garage. The secondary dwelling comprises 1 bedroom, an ensuite, kitchen, living,
dining and several decks. An uncovered space is provided on the driveway as per the
Proposal Plans.

It is intended that the dwelling house and secondary dwelling are to be rented out as two
separate suites on a year round basis.

Sufficient private open space areas exist on site. The existing landscaping will be maintained.

Waste collection will be provided via kerbside collection as per existing arrangements. Waste
storage is nominated on the Proposal Plans on the driveway.

The site can be connected to all essential services. The site can be connected to a legal point
of discharge.

Access is provided via an existing driveway and crossover from Berrima Row. Sufficient car
parking exists on site and on street parking is available, with two car spaces available for the
primary dwelling house within the double car garage and one uncovered car parking space on
the driveway for the secondary dwelling. Please refer to Proposal Plans for further details.

The applicant is happy to accept a condition to prepare a Management Plan as deemed
necessary by Council for submission at a later date.



                               STATE PLANNING INTERESTS

The Planning Act 2016 provides the framework and process of planning instruments and
processes for development applications. The following planning instruments have been
considered in this application and are discussed in further detail below in the following
sections:



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