2019-02-14 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                          14 FEBRUARY 2019


scheme and instructions on revising the content. Over the ensuing months planning staff attended
various meetings with individual State agencies and the DSDMIP and received further instructions
and requested changes through to the end of November 2018. Agreed positions on all these
matters has been the result of much consideration and negotiation.

On 21 January 2019, the Director General of DSDMIP advised that the State is satisfied that the
proposed planning scheme appropriately integrates the relevant state interests for the Noosa Shire
and that Council can proceed to public consultation on the scheme.

Through a separate process the draft Local Government Infrastructure Plan (LGIP), which forms
Part 4 and Schedule 3 of the draft planning scheme, underwent State Review and approval was
given by the Minister for the purpose of public notification on 5 November 2018. The New Noosa
Plan incorporating the LGIP will be publicly notified as one.

2.     Changes to the draft planning scheme

As a result of State Interest review, and consequential refinement, considerable changes have
been made to the draft planning scheme since Council endorsed it in May 2018. Staff have
informally provided Councillors with an overview of these previously. Additionally the proposed
LGIP and the planning scheme policies have now been incorporated into the draft planning
scheme.

3.     Public Consultation

In March 2018 the acting Director General of DSDMIP gave notice about the required process for
preparation of the Noosa Planning scheme, including the process to be followed for public
consultation. The Community Engagement Strategy was considered by Council in May 2018 and
the State has accepted this Strategy. Given the lag in the State Interest Review an updated and
more detailed strategy has been prepared and is attached for Council endorsement. It highlights
that:
    Council has already determined that the period of engagement is to exceed the required 40
     business days and that public notification will run for 3 months.
    As well as the permanent display space in Pelican Place, small displays will be located in the
     two libraries and pop-up information stalls will be offered to the community in 8 locations
     throughout the Shire.
    Owners of property with significant zone changes will be directly advised by letter.
    Property owners who have a usual mailing address outside the Shire will be directly notified.
    Briefings will be offered to external stakeholder groups.
    A number of fact sheets and user guides have been developed on specific topics which will be
     available both on line and in hard copy.

This updated Strategy will be forwarded to the State and be available for the general public.

As per legislative requirements a statutory notification is required to outline the public notification
period for the Planning Scheme. It is proposed that subject to Council’s endorsement, the draft
planning scheme (New Noosa Plan) will formally be on public notification from 8.30am Friday 15
February 2019. At this time, Attachment 1 which is the Draft New Noosa Plan, will no longer be
confidential and can be made public via Council’s website. Public notification will occur from Friday
15 February 2019 until Monday 20 May 2019.

4.     Key aspects of the New Noosa Plan

In drafting the New Noosa Plan staff were guided by the existing planning scheme and long held
Noosa planning philosophies, the Noosa Design Principles and various Council Strategies
(including the Local Economic Strategy, the Social Strategy and the Transport Strategy). While the

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