2016-07-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    12 JULY 2016


REPORT
1.   BACKGROUND
A Development Permit for a Material Change of Use of Premises - Multiple Housing Type 1:
Relative and Employee was approved on 17 May 2016 and issued on 18 May 2016.
The applicant submitted representations on 2 June 2016 regarding condition 3 of the Decision
Notice relating to the maximum allowable separation distance between the proposed Relative’s
Apartment and the existing Detached Dwelling onsite.
2.   ASSESSMENT
An assessment in relation to the submitted representations is provided below:
Condition
3    The proposed relative’s accommodation must not have any more than 1 bedroom and must
     be located no more than 25m from the existing detached dwelling onsite.
Applicant’s Representations
The relative’s apartment is proposed at a 60m setback from the existing dwelling as it is intended
for the applicant’s 27 year old son. The proposed separation distance provides him with greater
independence and retains the applicant’s privacy while remaining ancillary to the existing
dwelling.
The proposed location of the relative’s apartment permits an existing track to be used which
avoids the need for additional earthworks to provide access and vehicle parking to the dwelling.
At the nominated site, the relative’s apartment can also capitalise on views of the Hinterland to
the north-west.
Assessment of Representations
The Detached House Code of The Noosa Plan sets out the parameters relating to a Multiple
Housing Type 1: Relative or Employee use. As depicted by Figure 1 below, the code allows for
Relative or Employee dwellings to be detached from the existing dwelling onsite where located
within a Rural Settlement or Rural Zone. The code nominates a maximum separation distance of
25m to ensure Relative or Employee dwellings have a direct association and relationship, while
remaining incidental and subordinate to the existing primary dwelling onsite.




                           Figure 1 – Multiple Housing Type 1 Provisions




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