2018-05-08 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                8 MAY 2018


Matters Raised                                     Comments
Given the scale and nature of the                  The business is considered ancillary to the residential
development, the use should be defined as          use. The proposal complies, or can be conditioned to
Industrial Business Type 2 – Production,           comply with the perimeters in the Noosa Plan with
alteration, repackaging and repairing.             regard to a Type 3 home based business.
Approving a Type 3 business in a residential
rural area sets a precedent. Heavy industry
should be located in an industrial area.
The business has grown in scale in the last 2      The site is positioned at the end of a cul-de-sac,
years. Prior to this, there was less activity on   adjacent to parkland and the shed is 125 m from the
site. The development is likely to continue to     nearest residence.
increase in scale and cause adverse amenity        The proposal may be conditioned to ensure the
impacts in terms of the traffic and noise          business remains at a suitable scale and it does not
generated.                                         impact on nearby resident’s amenity.
The use is not compatible with the rural
residential amenity and character.
The business is not ancillary to the residential   The Business Uses Code allows up to 6 persons
use as more than 6 persons will be attending       (including the resident) associated with a Type 3 Home
the site due to deliveries and clients attending   Based Business. Typically 4 staff attend daily and this
the site.                                          number was observed during site visits. The proposal
                                                   complies with this.
The proposed hours of operation 7am-6pm 6          The hours of operation applied for are 1 additional hour
days a week does not comply with the               per day of operation. The applicant has agreed to
specific outcomes which states that ‘the hours     reduce the operating hours applied for to 7.30am-
of operation do not cause environmental            5.00pm Monday to Friday and 8.00am to 1.00pm on
nuisance to neighbouring residents’                Saturdays. The hours of operation exclude public
                                                   holidays.
                                                   This is generally consistent with the hours specified by
                                                   the Business Uses Code.
                                                   The noise report concluded that business operations are
                                                   not audible beyond the boundaries of the subject site.
Concerns with impacts on the environment           The existing shed and entire property are not within a
with the storage of chemicals on site.             flood affected area. The shed is also located on the
Particularly due to the fact that the site is      highest point of the property along with other structures.
subject to localised flooding and the risk of      In terms of chemicals on site, the trailers are
fire or spillage.                                  constructed from aluminium and it has been advised
Significant rain events results in runoff going    that the argon gas used for the welding is not
into a drain that borders the park.                flammable, nor are there any fumes created that could
                                                   travel and be harmful.
A Bushfire Hazard report has not been              The use is located within an area identified as potential
provided and hazardous substances are              impact buffer in a bushfire hazard area. The use area is
stored on site.                                    contained within a shed and separated 50m from the
                                                   bushfire hazard which is mapped as high potential
                                                   bushfire hazard. The use and works are located further
                                                   than 1.5 times the height of the predominated
                                                   vegetation in the hazard area, sufficient water supply is
                                                   located on site and in the event of a bushfire, the
                                                   evacuation route will not intersect the hazard area.
                                                   It is considered that reasonable conditions can be
                                                   applied to address the bushfire hazard requirements of
                                                   the Natural Hazards Overlay Code.




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