2018-01-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                15 JANUARY 2018


2.2. Site Description
The site is situated on the eastern side of David Low Way directly to the south east of the
Burgess Creek bridge near the residential suburb of Castaways Beach. The site has an area of
9677m2 with a frontage to the David Low Way of approximately 254m2. Two dwelling units are
located on the site accessed from a central driveway off David Low Way.
The site is an isolated lot that is well separated from the existing developed residential suburbs of
Sunrise and Castaways Beach by the existing David Low Way road corridor and environmental
area surrounding Burgess Creek.
The site’s elevation ranges from 4m AHD to 24m AHD and generally slopes down from the
southern corner to the existing dwelling and then falls steeply to the Burgess Creek boundary.
The slope to Burgess Creek is approximately 38%.
Dunal vegetation is located throughout the site and generally consists of Spinifex grassland,
Black Wattle, Coastal Casuarina, Acacia, Banksia, Pandanus, Carrotwood and Coastal Aspin.
The site is almost wholly located within a riparian buffer area identified by the Noosa’s Plan’s
Biodiversity Overlay.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
The site abuts a 92.8ha reserve to the east (Castaways Beach Park) and Burgess Creek to the
north which are zoned Open Space Conservation. Adjoining the site to the west is David Low
Way and further south-west across the road reserve are detached dwellings located off Driftwood
Drive and Caribbean Court.
3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
    State Planning Policy;
    South East Queensland Regional Plan;
    Planning Regulation 2017;
    The Noosa Plan.
The statutory planning instruments relevant to this application are discussed in the sections that
follow.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
Under the State Planning Policy, the site is mapped as being affected by the following:
    Coastal Environment: Coastal Management District
    Bushfire Prone Area
    Erosion Prone Area
    Medium Storm tide inundation area
The above State Planning Policies are generally reflected in the planning scheme.




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