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                         j) Houses or outbuildings may be available for short term guests where there is no resultant
                              changes to the rural amenity or rural production of the area.
                         k) Nature based tourism adopts exemplary standards of ecologically sustainable design and
                              facilitates appreciation of the natural environment.
                         l) Rural activities provide for appropriate value adding to produce on site where adverse
                              environmental and amenity impacts are avoided.
                         m) Home-based businesses which add to the economic sustainability of the hinterland are
                              established where the nature, scale and intensity of the activity is compatible with the
                              character and amenity of the surrounding locality.
                         n) Development is reflective of, and sensitively responds to, the environmental constraints of the
                              land.
                         o) Natural features such as creeks, gullies, waterways, wetlands and vegetated hillslopes and
                              ridgelines are retained, managed and enhanced where possible.
                         p) Development maintains and enhances the significant scenic and landscape values of the area.
                              The built form of development integrates with and complements the rural character intended
                              for the zone and sensitively responds to the landscape.
                         q) Development does not reduce the vegetated open space and rural landscapes that frame distinct
                              towns and villages.
                         r) Development protects and provides for recreational trails.
                         s) Development does not adversely impact on the continued operation, viability and maintenance of
                              existing infrastructure or compromise the future provision of planned infrastructure.


            Comment


            The intent of the proposed Material Change of Use is to establish Caretaker’s
            Accommodation to support the bonafide rural use of the property. There is
            currently a full-time property manager that lives on the property (in a
            caravan) and looks after the cattle, fencing and other aspects of the rural
            activity as the property owner lives in Brisbane. The purpose of the
            Caretaker’s Accommodation is to establish permanent housing better suited to
            the property manager’s needs.


            Further, the proposed development does not detrimentally impact existing
            natural site features and has been designed in consideration of the
            topography of the land, overlays, and existing built form. In summary, the
            proposed development is consistent with the purpose and overall outcomes
            envisaged for the Rural Zone.


6.3         Relevant Codes

            As stipulated in accordance with Part 5 – Tables of Assessment, Section - 5.5
            Material Change of Use, Table 5.5.13 Rural Zone of the Noosa Plan 2020, the
            following codes are applicable to a development of this nature:


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Planning Report 100599                   Murray & Associates (Qld) Pty Ltd                               November 2021