Late Response to Information Request & Advising of Notification dates - MCU20/0022

Subject: MCU20/0022  Information Request Response 292 Illoura Place Cooroibah Qld 4565.
From: Brooke Wildin
Date: 2020-08-13T03:01:09+00:00
To: Patrick Murphy, Mailbox Council Mail

1. APPLICATION DETAILS

Application No. MCU20/0022

Street Address: 292 Illoura Place Cooroibah Qld 4565

Real Property Description: Lot 7 RP 858525

Planning Scheme: The Noosa Plan (8 June 2018)



2. INFORMATION REQUIRED

The information requested is set out below:



INFORMATION RESPONSE TO ISSUES.



Issue

Access to the site.

It is noted that the current site access is located on a bend in the road and the sight lines may be effected by vegetation in the road reserve. It is also noted that the formation of the access

driveway may not be sufficient to cater for the additional traffic movements associated with the proposed development.



Please refer to supporting Engineering plans and report.



Issue

Car parking and the internal access ways.



Please refer to supporting engineering and updated plans.   Cabins each have 1 carparking space provided nearby.   Owner intends to retain the parking adjacent to the sites front boundary for surplus visitor vehicles.  A new fence and landscaping 1m deep will screen front carparking from the road.





Issue

The submitted effluent disposal report and bushfire management plan make reference to water tanks but no tanks are indicated on the submitted plans.

Information Required


Shared water tanks for cabins water are now in the plans and 5000l tanks for each cabin for bushfire purposes for have also been included on plan.  Dam on site is being cleaned out to ensure additional onsite water storage that can be used for firefighting purposes if required.



Issue

Carparking is shown within the mapped Riparian Buffer Area of the Biodiversity Overlay. The Biodiversity Overlay Code limits new development within the Riparian Buffer and provides a

probable solution for the temporary use of the land or infrastructure which provides access to a watercourse for recreational purposes. The carpark is new development and does not meet these solutions.

Information Required



The front carpark is in a cleared area free from riparian vegetation.   No vegetation is being cleared for the carpark.



Issue

The New Noosa Plan draft, endorsed by Council in December 2019, shows the riparian buffer

greater than the current planning scheme, with a 75m buffer extending into the property from the creek-line in the western adjacent property and the northern creek-line of the subject property having a 75m buffer from the centreline of the creek. Cabins, access and car parking are shown in these riparian buffer areas.



The new Noosa Plan had not commenced at lodgement.   No vegetation is being cleared for cabins, access or car parking.



Issue

The bushfire management plan (BMP) requires a 6 m wide cleared width for emergency vehicle access. Access is through the Riparian Buffer in the Biodiversity Overlay.

Information Required



The 6m vehicle entrance to property will be built and internal access upgrades to be part of OpWks.  Please condition.



Issue

The BMP identifies Bushfire Attack Levels (BAL) for two cabins and dwelling. The GJ Gardiner’s site plan GJGSCN 190218b, dated 11/02/2020, shows different BAL ratings for

some of the cabins and dwelling, as tabled below.


Please refer to amended site plans with updated BAL ratings.



Issue

No landscaping plans have been provided to support the application material. A landscape buffer of the cabins to the eastern boundary would assist in mitigating impacts of any clearing required for the access and provide a visual buffer to the eastern property. Landscaping buffer to the front of the property would assist in mitigating visual impacts.



No landscaping is required – the area is rural and natural and will be kept natural.    Vehicle access is tight against the eastern boundary, leaving no room for new plantings on the fence line.  Owners would prefer to keep the boundary free of vegetation were currently clear.    Landscaping on the frontage between carparking and fence will be done to assist in mitigating the view of the front carpark from the street.   Owners plan to allow the natural endemic regrowth vegetation on the property be established on the front boundary 1m deep.



Issue

Acceptable Outcome AO20.5(c) of the Visitor Accommodation Code within the draft New Noosa Plan seeks to limit the gross floor area of individual cabins to 65m2. It is noted that the

gross floor area of the proposed cabins are approximately 74m2.



Owners have no plans to reduce the cabin size to 65sqm  - the current cabin size allows for families to stay.    The new Noosa Plan had not commenced at the time of lodgement.    The size, density and number of cabins are compliant to the superseded planning scheme they were lodged under.





  *   All the information requested has been responded to,  Public notification will commence next week.
Tue 18.08.20 - Letters to adjoining landowners
  *   Thu 20.08.20 – Sign on land and newspaper notice to publish
  *   Fri 21.08.20 – Comment period begins
  *   Mon 14.09.20 – Comment period concludes (20 bd’s allowing for Noosa Show Day holiday on 11th September).

Kindest regards

Brooke Wildin  bsc(aes)murp
Principal Town Planner

Pace Planning Pty Ltd
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