2017-12-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             12 DECEMBER 2017


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Development Planner to the Planning & Environment
Committee Meeting dated 12 December 2017 and:
A.   Refuse Application MCU14/0102.07 for a Development Permit for Material Change of Use -
     Change to Development Approval, situated at 139 Eumundi Noosa Rd Noosaville for the
     following reasons:
     1.    The proposed sign does not comply with the Overall Outcomes of the Advertising
           Devices Code.
B.   Refuse a Request to Accept, Assess and Decide a development application (The Noosa
     Plan, 16 September 2013) Development Application for Operational Works – Signage,
     (OPW17/0570) situated at 139 Eumundi Noosa Rd Noosaville for the following reasons:
     1.    The proposed sign does not comply with the Overall Outcomes of the Advertising
           Devices Code;
     2.    The proposed sign detracts from the desirable characteristics of the part of the site in
           which it is located;
     3.    The proposed sign is inconsistent with other signs in the Noosa Shire.
C.   Note the report is provided in accordance with Section 63(5) of the Planning Act 2016.
D.   Request that the applicant remove the existing concrete mount on the Walter Hay Drive
     frontage.


REPORT
1.   PROPOSAL
The applicant submitted 2 applications that are intrinsically linked. A superseded planning
request to assess a Development Application for Operational Works – Signage was received 25
October 2017, followed by a request to change a development approval on 30 October 2017.
Material Change of Use and Operational Works – request for a Minor Change
The applicant requests that Condition 114 (b) of the Development Permit for Material Change of
Use and Operational Work for Signage (MCU14/0102) be deleted to remove the provision
prohibiting a pillar sign on the Walter Hay Drive frontage. The condition currently reads:
114. This approval authorises the following signs as defined by the planning scheme and shown on
the Approved Plans. In this regard
a.   two (2) freestanding pillar signs fronting the Eumundi Noosa Road to a maximum height of 5m
b.   no pillar sign is permitted along the Walter Hay Drive frontage
c.   tenant 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (as described on the approved plans) wall signs must not exceed a
     single sign face area of 4m² and a maximum total sign face area of 10m² each
d.   three illuminated signs are permitted facing (or viewed from) Eumundi Noosa Road
     frontage, being 2 freestanding pillar signs and one wall sign located on the tenancy of the
     Entertainment and Dining business
Superseded Planning Scheme Request – Operational Work - Signage
Pursuant to Section 29 of the Planning Act 2016, the applicant has requested that a proposal for
a freestanding pylon sign be accepted, assessed and decided under the Noosa Plan (16
September 2013). The applicant proposes to erect a 5 metre illuminated freestanding pylon sign
fronting Walter Hay Drive. Refer to Figure 1 – Proposed location of sign, Figure 2 – Proposed
sign and Figure 3 – Proposed illuminated sign – rendering.



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