2020-11-10 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               10 NOVEMBER 2020


At the time, the following grounds for approval were given despite the conflict with the scheme:
1.   The development layout accords with the site’s zonings following amendments to The Noosa
     Plan dated 11 May 2011 and master planning previously undertaken for the site, which
     include significant dedication of land for environmental conservation.
2.   The proposed medical use is ancillary and complementary to the development’s aged care
     and residential uses.
3.   The development addresses an identified need for aged care and retirement residential in
     the area and is supported by adopted Council strategies for housing and the elderly.
4.   The site is well located to provide future residents with access to local services and transport.
A number of conditions were imposed on the approval to address the habitat loss including that:
   Identification of all active Glossy Black Cockatoo food trees within the development footprint
     or areas likely to be impacted;
   A vegetation clearing offset program with a 5 year required maintenance period;
   Re-location of rare and threatened plant species;
   The offset program is required to include topsoil and mulched vegetation from the site to be
     translocated to a degraded receiving site within the Girraween estate for rehabilitation
     purposes and transfer of rare and threatened plant species;
   Identified Glossy Black food trees are to be propagated at a ratio of 8:1 from the parent tree
     and replanted.
Blue Care enacted the subdivision component of the development approval and created the two
new lots from Grasstree Court, with the balance of the land dedicated as a nature refuge for
conservation purposes.
On 8 December 2017, Council by delegation agreed to an amended approval in response to an
application to extend the relevant period by 4 years. The amended approval included minor
changes to the master plan as a result of new bushfire requirements with the changes primarily
including increased setbacks to the southern and western boundaries. The amended plans also
resulted in consequential changes to a number of conditions and the inclusion of a new condition
requiring amended plans in accordance with the new Masterplan.
On 21 March 2019 Council approved minor changes consisting of:
   Removal of 2 respite beds from the residential aged care facility;
   Deleting 20 serviced apartments and replacing them with 15 Independent Living Apartments
     (ILA’s) thereby increasing the total number of (ILA’s) on the site from 54 to 69;
   Reducing the number of Independent Living Units (ILU’s) from 54 to 53;
   Reducing the gross floor area of the central facilities building from 1,017m 2 to 973m2
     (reduction of 44m2).
   Amending 32 of the ILA and 36 of the ILU layouts to accommodate a third bedroom in
     comparison to the two bedroom dwelling units which were previously approved. This resulted
     in an increase of bedrooms from 245 to 312 bedrooms.
   Minor changes to the floor plates for each product type to bring the dwelling units up to current
     market standards.
   Changes to building heights.
   Changes to the appearance of the buildings.
   Amending the staging from 2 to 3 stages.
   A reduction of 4 car parking spaces.
   Amendment to the internal road network.
   Resultant changes to landscaping.

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