Cover letter

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