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

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                25 MARCH 2014


Information Requests
   The applicant responded to only part of the     The applicant responded to each of
    information requests, which means there are     Council’s information request items but did
    large    unknowns,    particularly on   the     not adequately address many, including
    environment issues.                             those related to ground-truthing and
                                                    surveys of fauna and flora present on the
                                                    site.
Support – Employment Opportunities
 The development will provide strong and           The majority of the employment potential
  ongoing employment opportunities and              posed by the development is via
  financial benefit to the people of Noosa and      construction   jobs.       The    ongoing
  surrounds.                                        employment       generated     by     the
                                                    development is minor in comparison to the
                                                    expanded population that would require
                                                    jobs.
Support – Aged Care Places
 The application should be approved as             The application material indicates a
  according to 2011 Census data, Noosa              preference toward independent living units
  currently has a shortage of aged care places      rather than higher care options and may
  (193) and this will increase in the future.       not provide for aging in place.           The
  Furthermore, both high care and low care          applicant has not demonstrated that the
  components should be included in the              site is appropriate for integrated retirement
  development.                                      and aged care development and the
                                                    development fails most corresponding
                                                    tests for good urban development.
Support – More Affordable Housing Required
 The Noosa region needs an injection of            The development includes provision for
  affordable domestic residences which will be      small lots and multiple dwellings but there
  suitable and appropriate for first home buyers,   is nothing to suggest that it would be
  for young and elderly renters, for middle aged    particularly affordable, given the extensive
  and elderly home owners, as well as for           works required to create the precincts, the
  downsizers, and the frail elderly who may be in   suggested        residential     construction
  need of lifestyle assistance.                     guidelines, multi-level body corporate
  The documentation, maps and preliminary           structures and the ongoing environmental
  plans submitted to Council by the Developers      and maintenance obligations.
  of Noosa on Weyba appear to be offering           Affordable, higher density developments
  options which clearly conform with such           are preferred in areas with good access to
  requirements. In addition, to facilitate future   employment,       public     transport   and
  expansion of the Noosa Urban Footprint, we        services. The development’s location and
  recommend that the urban zoning be                layout would result in relatively poor levels
  expanded      further    to   the    south,  to   of accessibility and high levels of car
  accommodate future essential and other            dependency.
  services.




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