Town Planning Report_Bunnings Trade Centre_v3.3

REPORT

3            PRE-LODGEMENT HISTORY
3.1          Local Authority Pre-Lodgement Meeting
A pre-lodgement meeting with Noosa Shire Council was held on 21 October 2021. A summary of the key
items discussed is outlined below.

Table 7: Council Prelodgement Meeting Outcomes

Issues discussed                                              Outcome / response

Land Use
  •   The existing Bunnings approval does not nominate a      As outlined in section 2.5 above, the proposed bulk trade
      specific use as it was considered an integrated         yard will operate entirely independently of the existing
      development comprising a mix of retail uses.            Bunnings Store, including:
      Subsequently, an impact assessment application was      •   different customer base (buildings and trade vs retail)
      required for the original Bunnings store proposal .
                                                              •   not physically connected to the Bunnings store;
  •   Council suggested that the proposed development
                                                              •   separate access/egress, car parking, vehicle
      constituted an expansion to the existing Bunnings
                                                                  manouevring;
      Warehouse and that an Other Change Application
      would be Impact Assessable.                             • subdivision approval is in place for creation of
                                                                  separate lot title for the part of the site over which the
                                                                  bulk trade yard is proposed.
                                                              The proposal will operate independently of the existing
                                                              Bunning store. It is not for an expansion of the existing
                                                              Bunnings store. And the subdivision approval will allow it
                                                              to be titled separately. It will require its own separate
                                                              development permit for material change of use. No
                                                              changes are proposed to the existing Bunnings
                                                              development approval.
                                                              The proposed use is consistent with the definition of
                                                              Timber and Trade Sales under the Noosa Plan 2020.
                                                              Timber and Trade Sales is code assessable in the
                                                              Medium Impact Industry Zone.
Car Parking
  •   The proposed use is best defined as ‘hardware and       The proposal has a gross floor (excluding car parking and
      Trade Supplies’ which has a parking rate of 1 space     vehicle circulation area) of 1,087.53m2. This requires
      per 50m2.                                               provision of 22 car parking spaces. 57 under croft car
                                                              parking spaces are proposed, plus 9 spaces are proposed
                                                              at the upper level. This will result in a surplus of 44
                                                              spaces.
Building and Landscaped Setback
  •   The proposed development must demonstrate a             The concept design has been modified to achieve a 6
      setback of 6m to gateway Drive.                         metre front setback (measured from the line of road
                                                              dedication).
  •   The setback must be densely landscaped to the full
      width of the site’s frontage to Gateway Drive.          Landscaping has been integrated into the development
                                                              design.
                                                              Refer to Appendix D – Architectural Plans
Building Height
  •   A maximum building height of 10m applies to the site.   While AO8 of the Medium Impact Industry Zone Code
      A development application would need to demonstrate     identifies a maximum building height of 10 metres as an
      compliance with the maximum building height             acceptable outcome, the performance outcome PO8 is for
      provision detailed for the site/zoning.                 maximum building height of 2 storeys.
                                                              The proposed building satisfies the performance
                                                              outcome for a maximum building height of 2 storeys
                                                              contained in PO8 of the Medium Impact Industry Zone
                                                              Code.
                                                              Refer to the response to PO8 of the Medium Impact
                                                              Industry Zone Code.




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