2021-03-09 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 MARCH 2021


site ablutions as vehicles no longer were required to be self-contained. Accordingly the current
application’s proposal for guests to stay longer than 4 nights, being for a maximum of 7 nights,
does not raise concern as this is consistent with how the site has been used for the past 5 years
again noting that facilities exist on site to accommodate the effluent associated with vehicles that
are not self-contained.
The provision of guest facilities (camp kitchen, water, toilets etc.) conflicts with Performance
Outcome PO19(a) however the proposal meets the Purpose and Overall Outcomes of the Visitor
Accommodation Code as the tourist park has been designed and operated in a manner to meet
visitor needs whilst providing sufficient buffer to protect the amenity of surrounding premises and
avoid conflict with surrounding uses.
Furthermore the proposed tourist park provides for low-cost accommodation for self-contained RV
travellers in the Noosa area which was identified as a significant need at the time of the original
application. The tourist park will provide economic and community benefit by facilitating visitation
to the Noosa hinterland. It is also considered that the site’s location near the Bruce Highway is
appropriate to cater for self-contained RV traveller needs and that the development will not have
significant adverse impacts on residential amenity or water supply quality.
Riparian Buffer
At the time when the original application was approved, under the superseded planning scheme,
the Riparian Buffer did not apply to the site although a waterway was identified as dissecting the
onsite dam. Under the current planning scheme the site is affected by the Riparian Buffer and the
waterway designation remains. The following images detail the relevant mapping under the
superseded and current planning schemes.




                     Figure 6: Waterway designation (superseded planning scheme )




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