2018-10-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    15 OCTOBER 2018


Matters Raised                                   Comments
Location
The aged care facility should be located on a    This is addressed within the body of this report. Noosa
more appropriately zoned lot.                    Shire has a shortage of appropriately zoned land for
                                                 aged car facilities which is highlighted in the Housing
                                                 Needs Assessment (HNA), prepared by Briggs and
                                                 Mortar dated April 2017. The HNA was prepared to
                                                 inform the for the Noosa Council’s new Planning
                                                 Scheme.
Need
There is enough aged care beds in Noosa          The matter is addressed in the body of this report. The
Shire considering the population ceiling cap.    HNA indicates a shortfall of 214 beds by 2021 and 289
                                                 beds by 2036. This is further discussed in Section 3.3 of
                                                 this report under the Need and Demand heading.
Stormwater/Wastewater
A large volume of sewage and grey water          Unitywater would address this aspect of development.
output.                                          Stormwater has been demonstrated to comply with the
                                                 Planning Scheme, relevant policies and standards.
Vegetation
Removal 40 mature trees across the 11 lots       Not all of the mature trees are native species. The large
negatively impacts on the character of Val       mature eucalypt located to the north western end of Val
Crescent. If 11 new detached houses were         Crescent is proposed to be retained. A condition could
constructed the vast majority of these trees     is proposed be included to explore the opportunity to
would be retained.                               retain mature trees. This is likely to occur only along the
                                                 Val Crescent frontage. If the development is approved,
                                                 100 litre pot size trees could is proposed to be
                                                 conditioned.
                                                 Were If 11 new detached houses were to be constructed
                                                 it is unlikely that the vast majority of the trees would be
                                                 retained.
A commercial café appears to be operating        The café is ancillary to the proposed use and is not
from the Peregian Springs Arcare facility. The   proposed for external use. It is proposed to be utilised
proposal plans show a café area but is not       by residents, residents’ visitors and staff. A condition is
mentioned in the applicant’s application         recommended to ensure the café is not a commercial
documentation.                                   activity.
Some of the properties to be removed are         The lower cost properties appear to be in a state of
lower cost rentals. Removal of these seems       disrepair being the reason they are potentially low cost
contradictory to the current requirement for     rentals. There is a need for both low cost
more low cost rental properties.                 accommodation and aged care beds in Noosa Shire.




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