2017-11-07 P&E Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 1 - Amendments for Multiple Housing Type 2 Duplex & Minor Corrections

                                                  13.4       Assessment benchmarks for assessable development and
                                                             requirements for accepted development affected by a Biodiversity
            Including amendments to 3 July 2017
The Noosa Plan



                                                             Overlay

                                                  13.4.1     The relevant assessment benchmarks for development on land subject to the
                                                             Biodiversity Overlay is referred to in column 3 of Table 13.1.

                                                  Table 13.1 Categories of development and assessment for the Biodiversity Overlay—All
                                                  Development
                                                           Column 1                              Column 2                                Column 3
                                                      Type of Development                Categories of development               Assessment benchmarks
                                                                                              and assessment                   for assessable development
                                                                                                                                    and requirements for
                                                                                                                                   accepted development
                                                  Making a material change of           Accepted development if—               If accepted development – no
                                                  use— all uses and use classes;        a)   Detached house,                   assessment benchmarks
                                                                                             Multiple Housing Type             apply.
                                                  Carrying out building work not
                                                  associated with a material
                                                                                             2 Duplex if one dwelling
                                                                                             unit is not more than             If code assessment—
                                                  change of use;
                                                                                             65m² and the site is not          Biodiversity Overlay Code
                                                  Carrying out building work not             subdivided, or
                                                  associated with a material                 Community residence
                                                  change of use if relocation or             where located within an
                                                  removal of a building;                     approved building
                                                  Carrying out operational work; or          envelope designated for
                                                                                             that use3; or
                                                  Reconfiguring a lot.
                                                                                        b)   involving development
                                                                                             within an EPA Estate4;
                                                                                             or
                                                                                        c)   exempt clearing5; or
                                                                                        d)     if the criteria for code
                                                                                               assessment do not
                                                                                               otherwise apply.
                                                                                        Code assessment if
                                                                                        involving—
                                                                                         a) clearing vegetation6 on
                                                                                              premises identified as
                                                                                              Environmental
                                                                                              Protection Area,
                                                                                              Environmental
                                                                                              Enhancement Area or
                                                                                              Riparian Buffer Area on
                                                                                              Biodiversity Overlay
                                                                                              Maps OM1.1 to OM9.1;
                                                                                              or
                                                                                         b) development on that
                                                                                              part of the premises
                                                                                              identified as Riparian
                                                                                              Buffer Area on
                                                                                              Biodiversity Overlay
                                                                                              Maps OM1.1 to OM9.1,

                                                  3
                                                    Building envelopes are included on property notations on council’s rates records for affected lots.
                                                  4
                                                    Development within an EPA Estate is managed in accordance with the Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) and the
                                                  provisions of any management plan or conservation agreement under the NCA.
                                                  5
                                                    As defined in section 13.2 above
                                                  6
                                                    As defined in section 13.2 above

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                                                                                                 Biodiversity Overlay