2016-12-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               6 DECEMBER 2016


2.3. Planned Density for Future Development
The planned densities used to prepare the planning assumptions must be clearly identified in the
planning assumptions section of the LGIP in terms of dwellings per developable hectare for
residential development and a plot ratio and developable hectare for non-residential and mixed
development.
The planned densities stated in the LGIP may be identified for the planning scheme zone or local
plan precinct, or any other defined area that is clearly identified in the LGIP maps.
The planning assumptions must be prepared at a level of disaggregation that facilitates their use
in the planning of each trunk infrastructure network. That is, the planning assumptions must be
able to be allocated to the various service catchments of the respective infrastructure networks
and must also be aggregated and reported in the LGIP at an appropriate spatial level (projection
area). Similarly, the developable area must also be identified in a map for which the planned
densities apply.
Both of these areas have already been identified in the PIA Maps approved earlier by Council on
21 July 2016 where the:
   projection area (service catchments) equates to the planning scheme locality; and
   developable area equates to inside the PIA.
The Planned Density for Future Development based on the existing planning scheme provisions
has been prepared in unison with Unitywater as detailed in the DMaTT Briefing Notes extrinsic
material and checked by Council staff and is provided in Attachment 2.
2.4. Population, Employment, Dwellings & Non-Residential Floor Space Projections
As discussed in section 1 of this report, the population and development projections have been
undertaken in unison with Unitywater through the DMaTT. This has provided the necessary
populations, dwellings, employment and non-residential floor space projections according to the
development types for each planning scheme locality (being the projection areas and
infrastructure service catchments) and for the developable area inside the PIA and outside the
PIA.
In discussions with the Manager Infrastructure Planning and Charges from the State Department
of Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning, verbal advice was provided that in order to
gain State signoff, the populations should also generally lie within the Queensland Government
statistician’s range of low, medium to high series Census projections.
A major difference between the DMaTT versus the Census and Queensland Statistician’s
projected data is that the DMaTT is based on the number of observed dwellings on each property
categorised by QPP land use (i.e. dwelling house, dual occupancy, multiple dwelling, short-term
accommodation) whereas many of these dwellings are not captured in the Census because they
relate to visitor accommodation or don’t relate to the principal place of residence. In other words,
DMaTT relates to total dwellings and associated population potential whereas the Census relates
to “resident” only allocated dwellings and populations.
A significant proportion of residential type development in the Noosa Shire relates to visitor type
accommodation and uses. Whilst DMaTT has accounted for visitor use for “attached” dwellings, it
has not made any assumptions regarding “resident” versus “visitor” status for “detached”
dwellings and has therefore allocated all detached houses as “resident”.
The 2011 Census reported that 19% of Noosa dwellings were stated as unoccupied and from
analysing Council’s property data, non-resident ownership of detached houses in Noosa is
currently estimated to be approximately 22.4%. A significant proportion of these houses are
therefore believed to be holiday homes that are not necessarily made available for the long term
rental market.




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