2018-01-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                       15 JANUARY 2018


Issues                                                Comments
become a shopping strip. Business should be           that has been specifically identified by The Noosa
located in a shopping precinct.                       Plan for use as a general store which may include
Not the ‘spirit of the hinterland community of the    the sale of prepared food and dining facilities for up
Noosa lifestyle’.                                     to 10 people.
Does not fit with the neighbourhood character and     The proposal is for a small restaurant/cafe in a rural
intrudes on lifestyles of residences.                 setting generally for local residents.
We do not need a restaurant in our street, as there
are many other restaurants in the area.
No benefit to local residences, in fact has ‘a
detrimental effect on our country atmosphere’ and
peace and quiet.
Do not wish to put up with businesses 6 days/5
nights a week. Deliveries also occur outside of
these hours.
The business has grown to an unbearable level         It would seem that the popularity has increased the
                                                      numbers over time, which in turn has increased the
                                                      impacts. Submissions and complaints have
                                                      identified at times there may be large numbers of
                                                      people. The proposal may be conditioned to limit the
                                                      maximum number of diners at any one time to 10.
Not approved for the use – but has been allowed       Council officers have allowed the use to continue
to continue.                                          while the application was being assessed. The
                                                      applicant has scaled back operations during this
                                                      time.
Devaluation of properties if approved.                There is no evidence that this is the case. This is not
                                                      a planning issue.
                                                      It is noted that the site has approval for a general
                                                      store and that the Noosa Plan also identifies a
                                                      general store as a consistent use for the site.
The acoustic report has contradictions and            The report clearly identifies the noise criteria being
inconsistences – this is outlined in detail in the    used and compares these criteria with the data
submission (Document # 20201551).                     collected. It is clear that the recorded noise levels
                                                      are within the criteria being referenced. Under the
                                                      suggestions for improvement, the author does state
                                                      compliance with the relevant criteria, however
                                                      makes suggestions to help mitigate some of the
                                                      noise being received at the closest residence.
                                                      The observed sources of noise from the restaurant
                                                      appear to be a reasonable representation of the
                                                      various sources of noise mentioned in the
                                                      complaints received.
                                                      The noise levels allowable outside are higher than
                                                      those allowed for inside the house. Rather than use
                                                      two sets of levels throughout the report, the author
                                                      has used the lower inside levels. Using the levels
                                                      allowed for outside the building against the
                                                      measured levels, show compliance.
                                                      Noise levels reduce over distance, so the 3.6dB(A)
                                                      reduction used for the distance between the
                                                      measuring area and the nearest residence is based
                                                      on this known mathematical analysis. It is possible
                                                      that levels at the residence may for some reason not
                                                      fit this analysis, but this is not expected to be the
                                                      case.
                                                      Recorded levels do indicate that the different

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