MCU22/0209 Application For Material Change Of Use For Short Term Accommodation At 515 Cooroy Noosa Road, Tinbeerwah · Attachment 2 - MCU22 0209 - Planner'S Report

tourism experience’ intended by the Strategic Framework, being on a 2.93ha lot and located in
proximity to coastal areas.
3.5. Overlay Codes
The subject site is identified on Council’s Overlay Maps as containing vegetation of biodiversity
significance, located within a bushfire hazard area and being within the water supply buffer and
resource catchment area for Lake Macdonald.
Assessment of the proposal against the Overlay Codes has not been undertaken as the Noosa
Plan assessment tables do not require assessment, given the proposed short term accommodation
will be contained within an existing dwelling and no works or vegetation removal are proposed.
Notwithstanding this, it is noted that bore water, 2 large water tanks, a swimming pool and dam are
located on site and can be utilised in the event of a fire, with access for emergency vehicles
accessible direct from the service road.
3.6. Rural Zone Code
The proposal is consistent with the code’s applicable overall outcomes for houses to be ‘…
available for short term guests where there is no resultant changes to the rural amenity or rural
production of the area.’ The proposed short term accommodation is located within an existing
dwelling and approximately 160m away from the closest dwelling, across Cooroy Noosa Road.
The site and land in the immediate area are also not used for rural production and are unlikely to
be in the future, given the lots are small in size.
The proposal is also consistent with the applicable performance outcome of the Code, with no
corresponding acceptable outcome included in the Code.
PO4
Visitor accommodation:
a) is at a small scale and low density that protects the environmental and rural values of the
     land;
b) is compatible with rural activities and nature conservation; and
c) does not detract from the rural amenity of adjoining properties.
The proposal is small in scale, will be compatible with the surrounding area and unlikely to detract
from the rural amenity of adjoining properties. The proposal is limited to 5 bedrooms and no more
than 8 persons on site at any one time. It is also located well away from neighbouring properties,
screened by vegetation and set well back from the adjoining reserve to the east. Figure 6 below
details the separation distances to the surrounding dwellings, with the closest dwelling being 160m
away opposite Cooroy Noosa Road, as follows:
•   23 Coveys Rd – 160m
•   499 Cooroy Noosa Rd – 193m
•   547 Cooroy Noosa Rd – 188m
•   26 Patterson Rd – 596m
•   523 Cooroy Noosa Rd – 614m




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