Changes Application Request report Aloha Active V.2

Assessment
The Yoga studio seeks to expand and create a health focus. On ground level, an additional
Yoga studio space is proposed in approximately half of the current café/restaurant. On level
1 the kitchen will be removed and a treatment focused health spa with interchangeable
facilities. The health spa activities fit with the Entertainment and dining type 2 use of the
superseded planning scheme.
The Shop and/or Office are complementary to and reasonably expected in a resort - adding
to the visitor experience and resort offerings. Although many of the studio clients are staying
at the resort and surrounding short term accommodation - locals also attended the site and
are often seen walking with their Yoga mats to the studio for the early morning classes.
Superseded Planning Scheme Locality provisions are relevant and are proved below for
reference.
 Criteria

 Overall Outcome 9.8.2 of the Noosa Heads Locality Code is relevant to the assessment and reads:

 9.8.2      The overall outcomes sought for the Noosa Heads Locality are the following—

 a)         New uses and works are located, designed and managed to—

 i          be compatible with other uses and works;

 ii         maintain the safety of people and works;

 iii        avoid significant adverse impacts on the amenity enjoyed by users of other premises, including acoustic and visual
            qualities; and

 iv         avoid significant adverse effects on the natural environment;

 Comment
 Visitor accommodation remains the site’s primary use with the Yoga Studio offerings
 providing a service ancillary to the resort and are used by both visitors and local residents.
 The use has proven not to have any adverse impacts on the resort guests or nearby
 residents, being a quiet use by nature. The location below street and ground level, is also
 generally hidden from the surrounding area.
 Criteria
 Performance outcome PO1 and PO2 of the Noosa Plan 2020 is also relevant and provided
 below for reference.
 PO1 Development provides a focus for visitor accommodation and a range of ancillary retail, food and beverage and
 entertainment uses that contribute to the tourism focus of Noosa Shire.

 PO2 Development provides for a range of visitor accommodation activities and non-residential uses accommodated in mixed-
 use buildings, where such activities are compatible with and ancillary to the predominant functions of the zone as visitor
 accommodation.



 The primary focus of the development is still for visitor accommodation with the proposal
 enhancing the ancillary uses to the accommodation. The building is mixed-use, the non-
 residential uses of the proposal being compatible with the accommodation activity onsite
 and the surrounding area.