2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    9 MARCH 2021


B.   Find the following matters relevant to the assessment and sufficient reason to approve the
     application:
     1.    The development will help to address a significant need for low-cost accommodation
           for self-contained RV travellers in the Noosa area.
     2.    The development will provide economic and community benefit by facilitating visitation
           to the Noosa hinterland.
     3.    The site’s location near the Bruce Highway is appropriate to cater for self-contained
           RV traveller’s needs.
     4.    The development is suitably screened to surrounding properties and will not result in
           adverse impacts on water quality entering Lake Macdonald
C.   Advise the applicant that:
     1.    Vehicles (RV’s, caravans, motorhomes or the like) stored on the site must not exceed
           3 at any one time and that any excess vehicles must be removed from the site within
           3 months of the date of this decision.
     2.    A future application is required to obtain approval to store more than 3 vehicles.
D.   Note the report is provided in accordance with Section 63(5) of the Planning Act 2016.

REPORT
1.   PROPOSAL
The application seeks a Development Permit for a Material Change of Use for a Tourist Park. The
applicant proposes to allow up to 20 sites for self-contained RV’s and caravans on the premises
for short term stays for a maximum of 7 days at a time.
Caravans and RV’s are to be parked within 10m x 20m spaces on existing gravel pads throughout
the site. A storage area for RV’s and caravans is also detailed on the proposed plan. No new
infrastructure is proposed.
A copy of the proposed site plan is detailed below and included as Attachment 1.




                                        Figure 1: Site Plan




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