Appendix H - Code Assessment

      Application for a Development Permit for a Reconfiguration of a Lot by Rural Residential Subdivision (1 Lot into 2 Lots)
         involving land described as Lot 9 on RP131369, situated at 216 Black Mountain Road, Black Mountain Qld 4563.


                                                      RECONFIGURING A LOT CODE
         Specific Outcomes                                     Probable Solutions                          How does the proposal comply with the Overall
                                                                                                                  Outcome/s or Specific Outcome/s?
14.183 Lot Size and Dimensions

 O1   Lots have the appropriate                 S1.1 If for reconfiguration other than community         Performance Solution.
     37                                         title subdivision, Council will require the following—
 area   and dimensions to provide                                                                        It is acknowledged that the Reconfiguration of a Lot, involving land
 for—                                                                                                    included within the Rural Settlement Zone, must comply with a
                                                a)      Minimum lot area and minimum average
                                                        width consistent with the relevant provisions    minimum lot size of 2 hectares, in accordance with Table 14-68 of
 a)    the intended use and, if not
                                                        of Table 14-68; and                              the Reconfiguring a Lot Code of the Noosa Plan.
       intended to be used by the Council
       or State for community                    b)     If for residential development—
                                                                                                         It is acknowledged that the subject site triggered by the Biodiversity
       infrastructure, conservation                      i)      the minimum house site area is not
                                                                                                         Overlay of the Noosa Plan as containing a large proportion of
       purposes or public utilities                              less than that specified in Table 14-
                                                                                                         Environmental Protection Area and a Water course and Drainage Line
       including road widening are not                           69; and
                                                                                                         within.
       less than the minimum sizes             if not in a sewerage service area an effluent disposal
       specified in Table 14-68; and           area is provided.
                                                                                                         As demonstrated by the Plan of Development, Plan No. 61500
 b)    if for residential development—                                                                   prepared by Murray & Associates (Qld) Pty Ltd and included at
        i)       a house site area of not                                                                Appendix C, the proposed subdivision has been carefully designed
                 less than that specified in                                                             to avoid dissection of vegetation by the new boundary line. As such,
                 Table 14-69; and                                                                        the proposed subdivision results in the creation of a new Lot with an
        ii)      if not within a                                                                         area less than the minimum requirement of 2 hectares. Despite this
                 sewerage service area,                                                                  minor non-compliance in lot size, we believe the proposed
                 an effluent disposal                                                                    subdivision results in a more desirable environmental outcome.
                 area;                                                                                   Furthermore, the Plan of Development, Plan No. 61500 also displays
 c)    if for community title subdivision,                                                               a suitable building envelope outside mapped vegetation for proposed
       the minimum lot sizes for the                                                                     Lot 2.
       intended use are not less than
       identified for the relevant zone
       specified in Table 14-68;
 d)    siting and construction of
       buildings to minimise risk of
       soil erosion, landslide, flooding
       and bushfire;
 e)    siting and construction of