2014-03-25 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda Pages 81-167

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  25 MARCH 2014


Assessment – Disagree

The environmental initiatives are desirable but are not considered sufficient grounds to justify the
development and a number point to the intrinsic risks of the development’s location within
environmentally sensitive areas. Such ongoing management measures can also become
problematic for Council when called upon to monitor and enforce requirements.

Many of the sustainability measures cannot be mandated via a development approval and should
be viewed only as voluntary aspects of the proposal. In essence, the development must
demonstrate sufficient grounds for approval irrespective of such offerings.

6.   Should a Development Approval be granted the land owners have applied to the Qld State
     Government to have the subject site declared a registered Wildlife Refuge to further protect
     the environment and the surrounding ecosystem. The dedication of the BDOA ‘Send’ land
     will result in only 19% or 58ha of the 303ha total site area is to be developed into net urban
     uses footprint (this excludes the environmental buffers) therefore allowing for approximately
     81% or 245ha to be either deemed as National Park or environmentally protected land.

Assessment – Disagree

It is agreed that securing of additional environmental lands within the receive site is desirable,
however, these areas are protected by significant existing planning constraints. The additional
environmental reserves are not sufficient grounds to support the development.

7.   The Noosa on Weyba development will generate a large amount of income for both the
     State and Council with the creation of $7,640,000 in Stamp Duty income to the state and
     annual rates income at project completion of $661,000 will also be delivered.

Assessment – Disagree

Stamp duty and rates income are not a ground for support of a development.

8.   The Noosa on Weyba Locality Plan provides for a range of housing affordability options,
     including Age Care and Retirement Living, for an estimated population of 2,000 people and
     the creation of housing for some 600 to 800 people that will work in the surrounding shire.
     The proposed development will not only providing housing for employees of existing jobs in
     the area but is also projected to create an abundance of additional employment
     opportunities. The Noosa on Weyba project is also predicted to create an estimated 2,023
     construction jobs during development of the estate over an anticipated 8 years with an
     estimate $250,000,000 being spent on construction during that time as well as an
     estimated 309 full time operational jobs in the immediate locality when the project is
     completed. The proposed development will also support existing local business, employees
     and the Noosa Civic Shopping Centre with annual household expenditure of $22,600,000
     predicted to be created once the project is fully completed.

Assessment – Disagree




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