2022-06-16 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                                 16 JUNE 2022



We ask the proposed car parking is amended to allow a maximum of 134 carparking spaces as
provided for in the Development Application and supported by our traffic engineer.

Officer response

The Noosa Plan 2020 seeks to reduce the reliance on private motor vehicles and support a public
transport strategy by imposing a maximum limit on the number of car parking spaces that
developments provide in centre zones. The recommended condition is therefore consistent with this
intent and the provision of additional car parking above the 125 originally conditioned is not
warranted for this site given the pedestrian linkages around the site, existing public transport routes
and planned future transit hub within proximity of the subject site. Whilst the applicant may have
already taken the project to market with sales including the additional bays this is not relevant to
Council’s assessment, as the Planning Act 2016 specifically excludes a person’s personal
circumstances, financial or otherwise from the assessment of development applications.

Condition 47 (47c)

47.   The development site must be landscaped. The works must be undertaken in accordance with
      an Operational Works approval and the Noosa Plan for that specific area and Planning Scheme
      Policy (PSP2) - Landscaping and must include in particular:
      a.    the works shown on the Approved Plans with the exception of the following:
            i.     Substitute Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (Bangalow Palm) for an appropriate
                   species selected from the Noosa Plan 2020 PSP20 Landscaping policy or endemic
                   to Noosa. Palms are not appropriate for this location (see section 6 of PSP2 –
                   Landscaping.
      a.    a 6 metre wide planted buffer, consisting of local native plant species suitable for the
            location, as shown on the Approved Plans and as required by condition 53 of
            RAL18/0023 ;
      b.    the provision of mature landscaping within the basement, as a consequence of the
            deletion of the 9 car parking spaces, which protrudes through an opening at the podium
            levels between buildings A and B;
      c.    protection of vegetation within the 10 metre wide Environmental and Conservation Zone;
      d.    vegetation installed for landscaping adjacent to the 10 metre wide vegetation strip
            protected by the Environmental and Conservation Zone and Covenant J must only
            include Noosa native species and not include any of the undesirable species as detailed
            within the Noosa Plan 2020 - Scheme Policy 3 Landscaping;
      e.    the use of large tree species to provide visual screening of the bulk of the buildings from
            Hofmann Drive and provide shade to the units from the afternoon sun, including 100 litre
            specimens;
      f.    vegetated screening of any electrical transformers, bin storage areas and the like from
            the road frontage;
      g.    provision of 1 advanced or ex-ground street tree within the road reserve for every 8
            metres of road frontage; and
      h.    control of all weed species listed in the following standards and legislation:
            i.     declared plants under the Land Protection (Biodiversity Act 2014 and sub-ordinate
                   Regulation 2016).
            ii.    Noosa Local Government Area Pest Management Plan 2015-2019.



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