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Our Reference: 02651 L01 GM
Contact Person: Greg Martoo
9th October 2020
Chief Executive Officer
Noosa Council
PO BOX 141
TEWANTIN Q 4565
ATTENTION: DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT
Dear Sir/Madam,
RE: LODGEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
Development Application – Reconfiguring a Lot – Access easement Over Land
Described as Lot 11 on SP216099 and Located at 1327 Cooroy Belli Creek Road,
Ridgewood: Scott Frew
Martoo Consulting has been engaged by the applicant, Scott Frew, to submit this development
application to your Council as the Assessment Manager under the Planning Act 2016. The
applicant owns Lot 3 on SP216099.
The applicant proposes to register an easement for access purposes over one existing lot described
as Lot 11 on SP216099 so as to provide access for Lot 3 on SP216099 to Cooroy Belli Creek Road.
Cooroy Belli Creek Road is a constructed roadway and as such a development proposal is
assessable development under the Planning Act 2016.
The applicant requests that Noosa Council assess this development application under the Noosa
Plan 2020 and the Planning Act 2016.
This letter supports the above development application by explaining the site and the applicant’s
reasons for the proposed easement and concludes by providing our brief town planning
assessment of the proposed access easement.
THE PROPOSED EASEMENT
As indicated above, the proposed benefiting tenement is therefore described as Lot 3 on SP216099
whereas the proposed servient tenement is described as Lot 11 on SP216099. Both lots are
included in the Rural Zone under the Noosa Plan 2020. The proposed benefiting tenement has an
area of 151.9 hectares and is a well maintained property used for rural purposes. Lot 11 on
SP216099 is a smaller rural property of 15.08 hectares.
The proposed easement follows an established gravel track within Lot 11 on SP216099 that leads
to an existing house and rural shed within this property. The proposal is to extend this gravel
driveway to the south so as to connect to Wellington Road and on to an existing cattle yards within
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the western most corner of Lot 3 on SP216099. Wellington Road is opened as road but there is no
constructed roadway in this section of road.
The attached proposal plan numbered D-02778-01-B was prepared with the benefit of an accurate
field survey by a registered cadastral surveyor so that the location of existing improvements (e.g.
buildings and gravel roadways) can be accurately related to relevant cadastral boundaries.
The site is not affected by any relevant overlays in the Noosa Plan 2020.
The State DA Mapping System shows that the site is not affected by any relevant mapped layers
or triggers under the Planning Regulations 2017.
THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
The applicant proposes to register a 5 metre wide easement over the existing driveway clear of all
existing buildings and to also contain the proposed extension of this gravel driveway to Wellington
Road.
The resulting easement will be approximately 1300metres long and have an area of approximately
2126m2. The easement will be for access purposes only and will only benefit Lot 3 on SP216099.
THE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT
The following are considered relevant in Council’s assessment of the proposed easement:
The proposed easement will provide access between existing cattle yards within Lot 3 on
SP216099 to Cooroy Belli Creek Road.
The proposed easement will not provide an access benefits to the existing dwelling on Lot
3 on SP216099 or existing rural outbuilding within Lot 3 on SP216099.
The proposed easement utilises the existing vehicle access for Lot 11 on SP216099 off
Cooroy Belli Creek Road.
There is no need to undertake any vegetation clearing as part of the driveway extension
within the proposed easement.
The proposed one lane gravel driveway extension does not require considerable
earthworks or stormwater management works.
There are no State Development Assessment Provisions relevant to the development.
There are no assessment benchmarks in the State Planning Policy 2017 relevant to the
development.
GROUNDS FOR APPROVAL
Grounds for approval of the proposed subdivision include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. The proposed easement assists in the continued operation of an existing rural use on
larger property in a rural zone.
b. The proposed easement provides more direct and a more efficient access between
existing cattle yards and Cooroy Belli Creek Road.
c. The proposed easement utilises an existing access and driveway and therefore
represents an effective use of existing infrastructure.
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d. The development is code assessable and complies with the relevant assessment
benchmarks in the Noosa Plan 2020.
In light of the above, we recommend that Council give this application favourable consideration
and approve subject to reasonable and relevant conditions.
This development application has been prepared in accordance with the Planning Act 2016 and
the following are attached:
1. Proposal Plan numbered D-02778-01-B
2. Completed DA Form 1
3. Landowner’s consent from the owners of Lot 11 on SP216099
Please contact me at our Noosa Heads office if Council requires any further information and/or
clarification in relation to the above application.
Yours faithfully,
Greg Martoo
Principal
martoo consulting pty ltd
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