Council Report - 132005.638.03 - OTHER CHANGE TO AN EXISTING APPROVAL FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - EXPANSION OF SPECIAL PURPOSE (WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLING FACILITY) & ONGOING CLEARING PURPOSES AT 561 EUMUNDI NOOSA ROAD, DOONAN - Finale

Conditions of approval have been recommended to ensure compliance is achieve with Flood
Hazard Overlay Code.
4.     CONSULTATION
4.1. Referral Agencies
The application was referred to the following Referral Agencies:
Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning (SARA)
The Department is a referral agency for the following matters:
•      Clearing native vegetation
•      land with 25m of a State transport corridor
•      land within 100m of a State controlled road intersection
The Department responded on 15 January 2024 advising that referral agency conditions must be
attached to any development relating to this application. These conditions of approval relate to
vegetation clearing and include the following:
•    Clearing of vegetation must only occur in Area A as shown in the attached Vegetated
     Management Plan (ref: VPM 2311-37804 SRA)
•    Enter into an agreement to deliver an environmental offset in accordance with the
     Environmental Offsets Act to counterbalance the significant residual impacts on the Matter of
     State Environmental Significance.
4.2. Internal Council Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following external (independent) specialist (acting on behalf
of Council) for review and comment:
•    Ecology and environment – North Coast Environmental Services
•    Stormwater and flooding – Switchback Consulting
4.3. Public Notification
Not applicable
5.     CONCLUSION & REASONS FOR DECISION
The subject application for an ‘other change’ to an existing development approval seeks to allow
for an expansion of the existing Noosa landfill operation is recommended for approval subject to
reasonable and relevant conditions.
The purpose of the expansion is to increase the size of existing resource recovery area to improve
on site safety and operational efficiency of the resource recovery use area. The proposed
expansion will also involve relocating the existing HES basin to a more suitable location along the
northern boundary of the site. To facilitate the expansion the proposal involves clearing a portion
of remnant vegetation which has been degraded through edge effects over time.
The subject change application only applies to the resource recovery area and does not apply to
any other parts or operational areas of the site, except for the proposed offset rehabilitation area
in the southeastern corner of the site.
The application is code assessable and has been assessed against the relevant assessment
benchmarks of the planning scheme and the prescribed matters under the Planning Regulation
2017. The application has also been referred to SARA for vegetation clearing and state-controlled
road matters.
The proposal has been assessed against the relevant assessment benchmarks of the planning
scheme and, in the event, it does not comply, reasonable and relevant conditions have been
prepared to achieve compliance. SARA have also provided conditions of approval which are
required to be attached to any development approval.
Grounds for approval include: