Martoo Planning Statement

Background

The site forms part of the Settlers Cove Master Planned Community and the lots have both been approved
for unit developments since March 2005. These previous approvals included design concessions in terms of
setbacks and building height over the sites.

The most recent approval over the sites was issued June 2017, where Noosa Council approved a
development application for a Multiple housing development of 37 units under MCU16/0143. The approval
provided for a four storey development in two buildings with a common access over the two lots. Setback
and height relaxations consistent with the previous approval were granted.


Proposal

As a result of further design and development, the applicant seeks to change the approved plans to provide
a different external presentation. Key changes to the approved plans include:

    •     Alterations to external appearance of the building including additional articulation through revised
          deck arrangements;
    •     Alteration to roof form;
    •     Alterations to internal unit layout;
    •     Increased balcony areas and new ground level planters;
    •     Reduced width of buildings;
    •     Alterations to basement including removal of courtyards and additional tandem spaces;
    •     Minor increase in height for a small portion of the building. Previous approval provided for a small
          area of the roof to be 15.5m and the applicant now seeks that this area be increased to 15.8m
          which is consistent with the height previously approved for another section of the roof;
    •     Alterations to side boundary setbacks;
    •     Improved grading and softening of landscape terraces to the west; and
    •     Revised landscape recreation areas including relocation of gymnasium to pool area and increased
          BBQ Pavilion for stage 4 A.

Revised proposal plans are included Annexure A.


Requested Change to Conditions

The applicant seeks to amend condition 2 as follows:

Condition 2 – replacement of the entire set of approved Blackburne Jackson plans with proposal plans
prepared by Arkhefield included in Annexure A.


Planning Act 2016

Section 78 of the Planning Act 2016 provides for a person to make a change to a development
approval. The changes can either be minor changes or other changes as provided for in sections 81
and 82 of the Act. Minor change is defined in the dictionary in Schedule 2 of the Act and is
reproduced below.

         minor change means a change that—
        (b) for a development approval—
             (i) would not result in substantially different development; and
             (ii) if a development application for the development, including the change, were made when
                  the change application is made would not cause—
                  (A) the inclusion of prohibited development in the application; or
                  (B) referral to a referral agency, other than to the chief executive, if there were no referral
                      agencies for the development application; or
                  (C) referral to extra referral agencies, other than to the chief executive; or
                  (D) a referral agency to assess the application against, or have regard to, matters