2015-05-26 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        26 MAY 2015


Access to the site is gained via a sealed driveway from Mary River Road. The site is currently
used by the Car and Pony Clubs, with the Pony Club having an existing clubhouse, stables and
dressage arena within the western portions of the site. The Car Club has an existing clubhouse
and amenities building located just to the east of the access driveway. There are no Council
records for the approval of any other buildings on the site.
The site is flat and includes a minor drainage line traversing the site from the south-western
corner. This drainage line meets up with the Cooroy Creek (tributary to the Mary River) in the
heavily vegetated middle and northern portions of the site. The proposal does not require
removal of any existing vegetation or require earthworks to change any existing drainage lines on
the site.
2.4. Surrounding Land Uses
Adjoining the site to the west is the Cooroy sewerage treatment plant. The plant was upgraded in
2010, with the aeration and settlement ponds located just over 100m away from the proposed RV
stop.
Adjoining the site to the east is the Lower Mill Rd industrial area. There are three existing
industrial sheds which adjoin the RV stop, including a lawnmower repairs and sales business, a
steel fabricator and building manufacturer (Ritek prefabricated roof and wall panels). A 2m wide
drain adjoins a 2m high chain wire fence along the property boundary to the industrial sheds.
There is also a 2m-3m wide vegetated buffer along western boundary to the Ritek factory.
To the south of the proposed RV stop are 4 existing houses, a vacant industrial lot and a building
company storage yard all fronting Mary River Rd. The application proposes a 30m buffer
distance to the existing residential houses, with no RV parking within the buffer to the property
boundaries.
Adjoining the RV stop to the north is a large bushland area forming part of the site.
3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 the application must be assessed against each of the
following statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
   State Planning Policies;
   the South East Queensland Regional Plan;
   State Planning Regulatory Provisions; and
   the Planning Scheme for the local government area;
Of these, the statutory planning instruments relevant to this application are discussed in the
sections that follow.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
The site is located within the Urban Footprint area of the SEQ Regional Plan. The proposed
urban activity is consistent with the regional policies of the Regional Plan and the interim
development assessment provisions of the State Planning Policy.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
Locality Provisions
The subject site is located in the Cooroy and Lake Macdonald locality and has a split zoning. The
proposed undefined use for a Self-Contained RV Stop is to be located entirely within the
Community Services zone and is subject to impact assessment.




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