Meeting minutes

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES                                               14 AUGUST 2023


            5. The proposal does not meet PO6 of the Driveways and Parking Code as the
            proposal provides no car parking for likely visitors to the development.

            6. The proposal has not demonstrated that safe and satisfactory roadway
            configuration is achievable to the site from the Carpenters Road and Mary Street/
            Jarrah Street roundabout.

            7. The proposal does not meet PO6 of the Bushfire Hazard Overlay Code as it
            has not been demonstrated that an efficient and safe evacuation route is available
            to residents and that emergency vehicles can access the site.

            8. The proposal is not consistent with actions A5.3.1 to A5.3.6, A5.6.2, A5.6.3,
            and A5.7.2 of the Noosa Housing Strategy 2022 as:
               a. The land is not located within the urban boundary and is more than 400m
                  from the town centre, school and public transport.
               b. The land is located where it would have a reverse amenity impact on
                  industrial business and land committed for industrial purposes.
               c. The proposal is not well integrated within the community and is clustered
                  in an isolated area.

            9.   The proposal is unlikely to satisfactorily deliver the social outcomes sought as:
                a. The land is not suited for the proposed development it has poor
                     accessibility, adjoins industrial land and is not well connected to services.
                b. The proposal has not been designed to integrate well with the
                     neighbourhood and within the community with driveways extending around
                     the permitter of the site and the density not consistent with the surrounding
                     character.
                c. The applicant has provided no clear mechanisms that can be conditioned
                     through a development approval to achieve the proposed social/affordable
                     housing outcomes.
            10. The applicant has not demonstrated that the proposed development will not
            interfere with koala habitat mapped by the state as being Core Koala Habitat Area
            or that the works in this area are considered exempt works.

            B. Note the report is provided in accordance with Section 63(5) of the Planning
            Act 2016.

           For:     Crs Stockwell, Wilkie, Jurisevic, Finzel and Wegener
           Against: Crs Lorentson and Stewart
                                                                                          Carried.



    5.3.   THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS POLICY REVIEW
           (REFERRED FROM PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE DATED 8
           AUGUST 2023 - ITEM 5.3)

           In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Stockwell
           provided the following declaration to the meeting of a declarable conflict of interest
           in this matter:
           I, Cr Stockwell, inform the meeting that I have a declarable conflict of interest in this
           matter due to my long standing connection with Noosa District Landcare as one of
           the inaugural members of the unincorporated group dating back to the 1980s and
           a current ordinary member. Noosa District Landcare is identified as being consulted
           in the report. Although I have a declarable conflict of interest, I do not believe a