2020-11-10 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               10 NOVEMBER 2020


The proposed changes seek to bring the RAC into Stage 1 and then deliver the approved staging
proceeding this. Accordingly, the new staging will consist of:
    Stage 1: RAC
    Stage 2: Central facilities, ILAs above the central facilities and 50% of ILUs
    Stage 3: Remaining 50% of ILUs
    Stage 4: Four buildings for the ILAs.
It is proposed that the staging will be delivered in sequential order.


The subject site is detailed in the following Locality Plan:




                                         Figure 1: Subject site

2.    BACKGROUND
The subject site was previously owned by Noosa Council. On 15 June 2006, Noosa Council
endorsed the Girraween Master Plan – June 2006. The Girraween Master Plan determined areas
for community use and facilities and for conservation after consideration of community needs,
environmental values of the area and economic opportunities. The subject site is located within the
Girraween Master Plan study area and was designated for future community use with the same
zoning carried over to The Noosa Plan 2006.
Blue Care contracted to purchase the land sometime around 2007/08, with the contract being
subject to gaining a development approval.
A development application was lodged in 2008 and was subject to a protracted assessment
process including referral to state agencies due to the site’s vegetation, and amendments to the
Noosa Plan 2006 to address zoning anomalies. At the time the application was publicly notified,
five properly made submissions were received. The submitters were primarily concerned with
stormwater treatment and vegetation removal. Subsequent conditions were imposed to address
stormwater, bushfire and vegetation management. Ultimately that process resulted in the
application remaining dormant until May 2011 when the scheme amendments were adopted and
DERM issued their approval in June 2011. The scheme amendments included changes to the
planning scheme zone boundaries to reflect the proposed lot boundaries (as shown below).



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