2015-07-21 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     21 JULY 2015


Conclusion
The amended proposal plan now provides an adequate buffer between the development and the
creekline. This area can be rehabilitated with plantings to improve habitat values and improve
water quality for runoff from the site. The original assessment report identified the riparian issue
in the reasons for refusal but that reason no longer applies.
The development is otherwise unchanged and the concerns raised in the original assessment
report remain. The staff recommendation for refusal is maintained, however, the amended
recommendation removes the 4th reason from the previous recommendation relating to the
riparian buffer.


Previous Recommendation
Planning & Organisation Committee Report, 28 April 2015
That Council note the report by the Coordinator Planning to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 28 April 2015 and refuse Application No. MCU14/0056 for a
Development Permit for Material Change of Premises for a Mixed Use Development comprising:
Retail Business Type 5 - Vehicle Uses (Service Station & Car Wash), Entertainment & Dining
Business Type 1 - Food & Beverages (Fast Food Restaurant), Retail Business Type 2 – Shop
(Convenience Retail), Industrial Business Type 1 – Warehouse (Self-Storage Facility), Visitor
Accommodation Type 2 - Caravan Park (Tourist Park), situated at 125 Myall St, Cooroy for the
following reasons:
1.   The development raises significant conflicts with The Noosa Plan and its land use intent for
     the rural zone and water supply catchment area.
2.   The development represents a substantial expansion of Cooroy’s commercial precincts that
     will further disperse and fragment its business centre, which is undesirable.
3.   The development will compound existing traffic problems at the Myall Street & Elm Street
     intersection, which is undesirable.
4.   The development is partly proposed within a mapped riparian buffer area on the site, with
     insufficient basis provided to justify a reduced buffer.
5.   The applicant has not demonstrated sufficient grounds exist to overcome the
     development’s conflicts with The Noosa Plan, with only low to moderate overall need
     apparent for the development.


Previous Council Resolution
Ordinary Meeting, 7 May 2015, Item 3, Page 6
That Council note the report by the Coordinator Planning to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 28 April 2015 and defer consideration of Application No. MCU 14/0056
for a Mixed Use Development at 125 Myall Street, Cooroy to a future Council Meeting.




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