2019-02-14 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                14 FEBRUARY 2019


Discussion Paper Element                   How the draft planning scheme has addressed it
                                           A specific hospitality precinct will cater for night-time activity
                                           including restaurants and bars with live and amplified music.
                                           The redevelopment of the former bowls club will include
                                           public open space creating a visual link to Pinaroo Park and
                                           fostering outdoor activity.
Provide opportunity for all villages,      All centres zones allow for a greater diversity and mix of
towns, shopping and business precincts     uses including residential development in the form of mixed
to be more vibrant with a wider range of   use buildings to provide more vibrant and activated centres.
uses and activities                        Greater flexibility is provided in the Draft Plan where it is
                                           typically acceptable development for a business in an
                                           existing building to swap between for example an office,
                                           shop, food outlet.
Encourage active and pedestrian-           Local Area Plan Codes include Framework and Character
friendly streets in centres                Plans which provide direction and guidance on where active
                                           streetscapes would benefit centres, as well as showing the
                                           priority cycling and pedestrian linkages in centres.
Create special enterprise precincts for    The New Noosa Plan introduces a range of precincts in the
mixed businesses in the Noosaville         Noosaville Industrial estate which enable greater flexibility
industrial area                            and mix in land uses to cater for current and future trends
                                           such as the Venture Drive Enterprise Precinct.
Adapt to changing business needs like      Centre and Industry Zones provide for greater flexibility in
shared spaces for start-ups and micro-     terms of changing business needs and opportunities for
businesses                                 shared office and co-working spaces. The Noosa Business
                                           Centre provides for a specific precinct which will enable the
                                           transition of small start-ups from home based business to
                                           smaller tenancies in a centre environment.
Make it easier for a new business to       Within the centres it is typically acceptable development to
start in an existing tenancy               swap between an office, shop, food and drink outlet, health
                                           care service or service industry if within and not expanding
                                           an existing building.
Enable multiple businesses to operate in   Within Centre and Industry Zones different businesses can
a single tenancy                           operate within a single tenancy provided that the land uses
                                           are consistent and meet the requirements of the Planning
                                           Scheme.
Provide new opportunities for rural        In general, the Rural zone has been applied to more rural
enterprises and support the local supply   properties and this zone allows for a fairly wide range of
chain                                      home-based businesses, roadside stalls, rural industry,
                                           animal keeping, nature-based tourism, outdoor education,
                                           training in primary industries or in food and fibre production
                                           as well as the range of agricultural uses (animal husbandry,
                                           aquaculture, cropping, intensive animal industry, intensive
                                           horticulture, permanent plantation and wholesale nursery).
                                           As would be expected minimum lots size and separation
                                           distances apply to some of these.
                                           Caretaker’s accommodation and rural workers
                                           accommodation are provided for in certain circumstances.
Housing
Encourage a better fit between housing     There has been one additional site identified for residential
supply and needs                           aged care. Existing or planned aged care, retirement villages
                                           and relocatable home parks are protected. Secondary
                                           dwellings remain allowable for household members, however
                                           must meet certain requirements.



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