Planning Report v1

2.0 SITE HISTORY

2.1       PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS

The subject land forms Precincts E2 and F of the Noosa Springs residential community. Master planning for the
Noosa Springs locality was undertaken in the 1990s, with the majority of the area now developed for residential
and golf course purposes, with associated recreational and community facilities. The subject land forms the
eastern extremity of the Noosa Springs locality and was historically used for sand quarrying purposes.

Precinct F is subject to an existing development approval for Multiple Dwelling comprising 155 Dwellings Units
and associated Facilities (Theatre, Restaurant, Multi-Function Room and Gym). This approval was recently
extended until 1 November 2017 (REF: 132005.1133.3), with a modification to this approval granted by Council on
16 December 2016 (Ref: 132005.1133.5). A further request for a permissible change to this approval has recently
been lodged with Council to reduce the dwelling unit numbers down to 145 dwelling units. This permissible
change request is yet to be determined by Council.

A separate development application has been lodged over Precinct E2 for a Multiple Dwelling (Type 4
Conventional – 44 Dwelling Units) – Council Ref. MCU15/0109. This application is currently in the negotiated
decision phase of IDAS. It is intended to develop Precinct E2 and F in an integrated manner to allow for internal
road and pathway connections between the two sites.


2.2       PRELODGEMENT DISCUSSIONS

A prelodgement meeting was held with Council officers on 4 April 2017. At this meeting, the concept of a
proposed staged subdivision over the subject land was flagged with Council, who identified that the following
would need to be addressed as part of any development application:-

          Assurances that the subdivision will not compromise the approved master plan for the site;
          Clarification as to how bulk earthworks will be undertaken so that the stability of abutting lots is not
           compromised and that associated infrastructure is completed on all lots;
          Assurance that occupiers of each stage will have access to the resort facilities; and
          General compliance on individual lots with respect to matters such as density, gross floor area, car
           parking and site cover.

The original reconfiguration concept was for a standard format subdivision “tied” to the higher order approvals
via a perpetual licence instead of a CMS. Following concerns raised by Council regarding the perpetual licence
mechanism, our client has revised the proposal to seek a reconfiguration approval subject to a layered
Community Title Scheme (CTS).

All of the above matters identified through the prelodgement discussion are addressed further in this report.




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