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Maroochy Plan 2000 gave more stringent regulations and said council approval
would have to be obtained if the slope was over 15 degrees and if the building
was bigger than 40 square metres, she said.
Noosa Councils Director of Environment and Planning Raul Weychardt said
council had just approved a 30-unit development on land on Noosa Hill that
had a 35 degree slope.
We advised council we thought the land was too steep and was outside our
planning scheme, but council decided to approve it, Mr Weychardt said.
Councillor Vivien Griffin was one of only two councillors to oppose the
application and plans to call on the State Government to overturn the decision.
Slippage has already been a cause of disaster on the Sunshine Coast with heavy
rains in 1976 causing the demolition of homes in Buderim-Mooloolaba Road.
In February, 1971, Montville-Maleny Road also experienced a major landslip.
Noosa had a land slip in 1977 when land in Natasha Avenue was washed away
and narrowly missed a block of units.
While councils approve subdivisions which allow land to be built on, there was
still no clarity as to who would be responsible in the event of a landslide.
Even on the Gold Coast, where the council was found largely responsible for
the catastrophic landslip, councillor Chris Robbins said it would be up to a
judge to determine who was liable.
A leading Sunshine Coast conveyancer said contracts of sale in Queensland
were not in favour of the buyer.

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