Further Council Report MCU21-0110.pdf

               5.     The proposed development conflicts with the State Planning Policy, State interest -
                      emissions and hazardous activities as it is in proximity of an existing Sewage Treatment Plant
                      and risks inhibiting the sewage treatment plant from functioning safely and effectively due to
                      potential reverse amenity impacts.
               6.     When read as a whole, the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2017 (SEQRP) does not
                      lend support to the proposed use of the land, as:
                      a.      the SEQRP sets a long term, 50-year vision, establishing aspirations for this region up
                              to 2067. Given this, the timing and sequencing of residential developments occurring
                              within the Urban Footprint is a finer grained detail, the planning for which is
                              implemented through local government planning schemes;
                      b.      the designation of land as being within the Urban Footprint does not imply that all that
                              land with that designation can be developed for urban purposes; and
                      c.      when assessed against Noosa Plan 2020, the proposed development is not suitable
                              for urban development.
               CONSULTATION
               Referral Agencies
               Not applicable
               Internal Council Referrals
               The application was forwarded to the following internal Council officers:




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               •      Senior Environment Officer




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               •      Coordinator Development Engineering         EN
               Other Referrals
               The application was forwarded to the following external experts for review and/or comment:
               •      Bushfire
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               •      Hydraulic Engineer
               •      Traffic consultant
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               •      Acoustic consultant
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               •      Odour consultant
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               CONCLUSION & REASONS FOR DECISION
               A report for this application was presented to Council at the Planning and Environment Committee
               on 11 July 2023 for an application which seeks to develop a 106-room hotel on land within Noosa
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               Springs.
               The report addressed a range of issues including the sites split zoning, the potential odour impacts
               of the nearby sewage treatment plant, bushfire risk, ecology, carparking and built form. The
               officer’s recommendation sought to approve the application.
               The matter was referred to the General Meeting dated 17 July 2023 at which time a motion was
               put forward to refuse the application. The motion was successful, and the application was
               recommended to be refused.
               On 19 July the applicant stopped the decision-making period until 29 September 2023, as this was
               done prior to prior to the Ordinary Meeting of 20 July 2023 Council was not able to finalise a
               decision on the application. The decision-making period recommenced on 29 September 2023.
               The applicant has not amended the layout of the proposed development however has provided
               several written submissions which have included an analysis of the submissions made during the
               notification period, a letter from a solicitor reviewing the grounds of refusal, and a further letter from
               the applicant’s planning consultant further justifying the development.
               The officer’s recommendation remains in support of the development, it is recommended the
               condition requiring guests to be advised of the potential for odour from the sewage treatment plant,
               be deleted.


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