planning report Kabi golf and farm stay STA

6.0 Planning assessment
The existing approval is for an ‘Integrated Permaculture Designed Organic Orchard and Golf Course
Complex’. The use has not ceased - with the permaculture designed orchard and golf course to
remain as part of the owners plans to allow for Short Term Accommodation on the site.


The definition of Short Term Accommodation is considered to be the most appropriate fit for the
proposal as it allows for short term accommodation for visitors and ancillary manager’s residence,
office and recreation facilities for the exclusive use of guests. The accommodation is to only be used
by groups, does not include function facilities and is not considered to fit within the definitions of
nature based tourism, resort complex, tourist park or educational establishment as separately
defined.


 Use                          Use Definition
 Short-term accommodation       (a)   means the use of premises for
                                         1.     providing accommodation of less than three (3) consecutive months to
                                                tourists or travellers; or
                                         2.     a manager’s residence, office, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use
                                                of guests, if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but
                                (b) does not include a hotel, nature-based tourism, resort complex or tourist park
 Outdoor Education            means the use of premises for—
                                        1. training and instruction to impart knowledge and develop skills; or
                                        2. student accommodation, before or after school care, or vacation care, if
                                              the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).
 Tourist park                 means the use of premises for—
                                        1. holiday, accommodation in caravans, self-contained cabins, tents or other
                                              similar structures; or
                                        2. amenity facilities, a food and drink outlet, a manager’s residence, offices,
                                              recreation facilities for the use of occupants and their visitors, or staff
                                              accommodation, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).
 Nature-based tourism          means the use of premises for a tourism activity, including accommodation for tourists, for
                              the appreciation, conservation or interpretation of—
                                        1. an area of environmental, cultural or heritage value; or
                                        2. a local ecosystem; or
                                        3. the natural environment


The Table of Assessment for the Rural zone identifies the use as Consistent, subject to Impact
assessment. The most relevant sections of The Noosa Plan 2020 for assessment are:

 •     Strategic Framework;

 •     Overlay Codes;

 •     Rural zone Code; and

 •     Visitor Accommodation Code.




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