2018-05-08 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                       8 MAY 2018


The development approval is for stage one of the Noosa Civic Centre which opened in 2006 and
includes a range of uses over the site with conditions regarding uses, infrastructure and car
parking. The original application was subject to Impact Assessment and required referral to the
Department of Main Roads and the Department of Natural Resources and Mines as advice
agencies, and the Environmental Protection Agency (devolved to Noosa Council) as a
concurrence agency.”
2.2. Site Description
The site is located at 28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville and has an area of 26.053 ha. The lot has
frontage to Eenie Creek Road to the north, Hofmann Drive to the west and Walter Hay Drive to
the east.
Existing development consists “…of the Noosa Civic Shopping centre which includes a large
scale indoor mall accommodating a range of indoor retail and commercial activities and a strip of
individual larger format retail to the north.”
An internal road provides circulation to the carparking areas to the centre of the site and
thoroughfare to Walter Hay Drive and Hofmann Drive.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
Various land uses adjoin the site including a combination of newly established industrial uses and
undeveloped vacant lots west of the site. A pocket of residential dwellings is located to the south
and other established industrial uses north of the site. The Noosa Domain Village is located to
the north east and the Noosa National Park to the east of the site.
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 benchmarks from the Planning Regulation 2017 apply 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.




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