2015-05-26 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                       26 MAY 2015


5.     CONCLUSION
The application seeks approval to use an additional 100m2 of gross floor area at the ‘Golden
Breed’ surf shop, located at 15 Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads. The application is the result of
breach action, after extensions were made to the original shop without necessary planning or
building approvals.
The proposal increases the size of the shop from 85m2 to 185m2, which requires the provision of
6.42 on-site carparking spaces. Instead of providing on-site carparking, the applicant proposes to
enter into an infrastructure agreement to pay contributions in lieu of providing carparking.
Currently, Council does not have a policy to pay contributions in lieu of provision of carparking
and it is inappropriate to agree to such requests in the absence of a broader transport strategy
for Noosa.
The use of the additional shop area also results in the footprint of all buildings being substantially
over the 45% site cover requirement and is not consistent with development in the area. The
expansion of the shop exemplifies ‘development creep’ without having regard to The Noosa Plan
provisions.
The application is recommended for refusal as per the reasons set out within the
recommendation. Furthermore, all unapproved building works are to be removed within 6
months.
Departments/Sections Consulted:

     Community Services                         x   Planning & Infrastructure
     Disaster Management & Public Order             Building & Plumbing Services
     Waste & Environmental Health               x   DA Planning
     Community Facilities                       x   Strategic Land Use Planning
     Cultural Facilities                            Asset Design & Investigations
                                                    Asset Planning
                                                    Civil Operations
                                                    Environment

     Executive Office                           x   Corporate Services
     Community Engagement                       x   Finance
     Customer Service                               ICT
     Executive Support                              Procurement & Fleet
     Governance                                     Property & Facilities
     Human Resources                                Revenue Services




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