Town Planning Assessment Report

5.2.    Assessment Benchmarks Related to the Planning Regulation 2017

The Planning Regulation 2017 (the Regulation) prescribes assessment benchmarks that the
application must be carried out against, which are additional or alternative to the assessment
benchmarks contained in council’s Planning Scheme. These assessment benchmarks may be contained
within:
    • the Regional Plan;
    • Part E of the State Planning Policy, to the extent they are not appropriately integrated into the
        Planning Scheme; and
    • Schedule 10 of the Regulation.

An assessment against the applicable benchmarks contained within the Planning Regulation is
provided below:

SEQ Regional Plan

The subject site is located within the Urban Footprint under the SEQ Regional Plan (SEQRP). The
proposed warehouse development is consistent with the goals, elements and strategies for the
Urban Footprint designation.

Part E of the State Planning Policy

The current State Planning Policy (SPP) commenced on 3 July 2017. The applicable State interests
relating to development assessment are set out in Part E of the document and are under five broad
themes. The assessment benchmarks of the SPP Part E that are relevant to the development
proposal are consistent with the current provisions of the planning scheme and would not warrant
further assessment.

Schedule 10 of the Regulation

The proposal does not trigger referral to any agencies or assessment against any of the benchmarks
contained with Schedule 10 of the regulation.


5.3.    Assessment Benchmarks Relating to the Planning Scheme

        5.3.1. Definition

The Noosa Plan 2020 defines a Warehouse as follows:

Warehouse means the use of premises for-

 a) storing or distributing goods, whether or not carried out in a building; or
 b) the wholesale of goods, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

The proposal meets the definition of a Warehouse as the tenancies are intended to be used by
businesses that involve storing and distributing goods.



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