Cover letter SARA referral

increasing from 3 to 5 guest bedrooms, it is important to note that Katie Rose Cottage Hospice remains low key, domestic
in scale and maintains its current ‘homely’ cottage feel, which embraces the tranquil natural surrounds provided by the
subject site, which was kindly donated to Katie Rose Cottage for this purpose 7 years ago.

We provide the following response to the referral agency assessment criteria under the Planning Regulation 2017.

Matters for referral agency assessment

 a) There is a community and economic need for the use.          The subject use is for hospice purposes. The small-scale
                                                                 hospice delivers an essential community service being the
                                                                 provision of respectful and compassionate care for
                                                                 terminally ill patients.

                                                                 It is important to the organisation and guests that the use
                                                                 maintains its small scale a ‘homely’ cottage feel and
                                                                 tranquil ambience, as these are essential components in
                                                                 providing comfort for guests receiving end of life care. It
                                                                 also assists in distinguishing the subject premises from a
                                                                 clinical residential care facility found in an urban setting.
 b) When the use starts—
    (i) the premises will have direct access to transport        i) The use is currently operational. The use is accessed
    infrastructure that is reasonably required for, and               via Beddington Rd. A traffic assessment has been
    adequate to service, the use; and                                 undertaken by TTM traffic consults which concludes
    (ii) the premises will be serviced by infrastructure              the transport infrastructure is adequate for and
    including, for example, infrastructure for electricity,           adequate to service the small scale use.
    stormwater, water supply and the treatment and               ii) The premise is currently serviced by electricity and
    disposal of waste) that is adequate for the use; and              telecommunication services. The use does not have
    (iii) a workforce suitable for the carrying out of the use        access to reticulated water or sewer. The use is
    will be able to be sourced from the surrounding area              currently serviced by 48, 000L tanks for drinking water
                                                                      and 2 additional 5000L will be provided for garden use
                                                                      and a 50,000L swimming pool will also be made
                                                                      available for firefighting purposes. The proposed use
                                                                      will be serviced by the current effluent disposal system,
                                                                      which has been deemed to be adequate to service the
                                                                      use.
                                                                 iii) The volunteers and support works will be sourced from
                                                                      the surrounding Doonan area and Noosa district.
 c) The provision of the infrastructure mentioned in             Most of the infrastructure is existing with only minor
    paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) is practical and economically      amendments required to the access arrangements and
    feasible having regard to the location and                   onsite manoeuvring. Water and sewer facilities have
    characteristics of the premises                              been reviewed by specialist who have deemed the
                                                                 infrastructure adequate and fit for purpose.
 d) The use is compatible with the physical characteristics      The proposal is a minor expansion of the existing use and
    of the premises                                              is located toward the disturbed front portion of the site
                                                                 which is generally flat. The proposed use generally avoids
                                                                 existing vegetation.




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