2018-05-08 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         8 MAY 2018


3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
    State Planning Policy;
    South East Queensland Regional Plan;
    Planning Regulation 2017;
    The Noosa Plan.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
The Noosa Plan is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) and the
SPP raises no further issues relevant to the proposed development.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint area of the SEQ Regional Plan. The proposal is
consistent with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.
Planning Regulation 2017
The following assessment benchmark from the Planning Regulation 2017 applies to the
application:
    SEQ Development Area
The proposal is for urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the
assessment benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Development
Area.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The site is located in the Noosaville locality and is zoned Industry. A service station is identified
as a consistent use within the zone but the retail shop is identified as an inconsistent use.
The Noosaville Locality Code includes the following overall outcomes that are relevant to the
assessment of the proposed development:
11.7.2 a)   New uses and works are located, designed and managed to—
            i.     be compatible with other uses and works;
            ii.    maintain the safety of works;
            iii.   avoid significant adverse impacts on the amenity enjoyed by users of other
                   premises, including acoustic and visual qualities; and
            iv.    avoid significant adverse effects on the natural environment, including native
                   habitat removal, fragmentation and attrition;
11.8.2 vv) For the Industry Zone—land in this zone—
            i.     consists of the Noosaville Industrial Estate, being Noosa’s principal industrial
                   centre;
            ii.    is protected for industrial functions including Industrial business Type 2 to the
                   exclusion of incompatible uses including Residential Uses, Community Uses,
                   Commercial business and most sport and recreation uses and Retail
                   business uses;
            iii.   has high accessibility to arterial roads and the Bruce Highway;


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