Meeting papers

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                12 AUGUST 2024


     ATTACHMENT 1 – MCU22/0094 – DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR OF
                               PLANNING REPORT


REPORT
At the Ordinary meeting of 20 June 2024 Council refused a development application for material
change of use for a Childcare centre at 63 and 65 Hofmann Drive, Noosaville for the following
reasons:

1.    The proposed development is not consistent with condition no. 53 of Development Permit to
      Reconfigure a Lot (1 lot into 23 lots) RAL18/0023 as the proposal does not include the
      required 10m wide landscaped garden bed to Hofmann Drive.
2.    The proposal is not consistent with the Strategic Intent and Strategic Outcomes 3.3.1(o), and
      3.3.5 (s)(i) (D) of the Noosa Plan 2020 as the proposal fails to incorporate the 10m wide
      landscaping required to Hofmann Drive to achieve the parklike, vegetated setting envisaged
      for the centre which is synonymous with the Noosa style.
3.    The proposal is not consistent with acceptable and performance outcomes AO5, PO5,
      AO7.4, PO7 of the Noosaville Local Plan Code as:
      a.   The development does not retain or propose to enhance the required 10m wide
           landscaped garden bed to Hofmann Drive which is important to contribute and create
           the character sought for the Noosa Business Centre.
4.    The proposal is not consistent with the overall outcome (3)(f) and (4) acceptable and
      performance outcomes AO32.4, AO32.5, AO32.6, PO32 and PO33 of the Major Centre Zone
      as:
      a.   Reducing the width of the landscaped garden beds required to Hofmann Drive,
           particularly where this approach is continued for the remainder of the lots with frontage
           to Hofmann Drive, will compromise and impact the ability to achieve a centre which is
           overall recognisable as having a Noosa style.
      b.   The proposal does not retain, incorporate, or enhance the existing vegetation within
           the required 10m wide landscaped garden bed to Hofmann Drive, which is important to
           enhance the visual amenity and natural landscape character of the Noosa Business
           Centre.
      c.   The proposal disrupts the landscaped streetscape treatment required to Hofmann
           Drive intended to enhance the amenity and contribute positively to the centre’s
           character.
      d.   The proposed use is an inconsistent use in the Major Centre Zone Code – Business
           Park Precinct will not deliver the commercial and employment uses intended for the
           Precinct such as health and wellbeing, education, research and technology and
           knowledge-based industries.
      e.   The bio retention basin at the front of the site is located within the required setback
           area and in front of the proposed carparking area which results in the development
           being more visible to the road and not located in a park like setting.
5.    The proposal is not consistent with overall outcome 2(a), (d) and performance outcome PO8
      of the Sustainable Building Design Code as the development does not provide a minimum
      floor to ceiling height of 2.7m.
6.    The proposed bicycle parking is not consistent with acceptable outcomes AO6.1 of the
      Driveways and Parking Code as they are located in an area that impedes access around the
      site.


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