2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 6 - Section B - Final New Noosa Plan - Part 7 - Clean version

7.2.6               Coastal Communities Local Plan Code

7.2.6.1             Application
This code applies to assessable development­
(a)   within the Coastal Communities local plan area as shown on Map ZM­14 ­ Coastal Communities contained within Schedule 2
      (Mapping); and
(b)   identified as requiring assessment against the Coastal Communities local plan code by the tables of assessment in Part 5
      (Tables of Assessment).


7.2.6.2             Purpose and Overall Outcomes

Coastal Communities
(1)   The purpose of the Coastal Communities local plan code is to provide locally relevant planning provisions for the assessment of
      development within the Coastal Communities local plan area.
(2)   The following overall outcomes apply to the Coastal Communities local plan area:
      (a)   The Coastal Communities local plan area is an established coastal urban area comprising five small communities,
            namely Sunshine Beach, Sunrise Beach, Castaways Beach, Marcus Beach, and Peregian Beach, each with a separate
            character and identity. Development within each community is consistent with the defined identity of that community.
      (b)   Development is limited to land within the urban boundary providing a defined edge to protect and reinforce the discrete
            character of each community, provide efficient provision of infrastructure and services, avoid constrained land and retain the
            integrity and health of the natural and coastal landscape.
      (c)   Development is sited and designed to protect ecologically important areas, retain landscape and built form elements,
            including significant views and vistas to external elements, the setting, character and identity of each community. Valued
            elements include:
            (i)     Noosa National Park and other local environmental parks;
            (ii)    the beaches, waterways, foreshore parkland and coastal dune reserves;
            (iii)   the high dune system which helps define the individual communities through ridges and valleys;
            (iv)    Lake Weyba and associated coastal wetlands which form an integral part of natural landscape and vistas to the
                    west; and
            (v)     Views to Mt Coolum, Emu Mountain, Mt Ninderry, Mt Cooroy and Mt Tinbeerwah.

      (d)   Development is consistent with, and does not compromise, the close association between the coastal communities and
            the beach, the backdrop of protected natural vegetation, which is a key amenity feature in the local plan area, and the
            beachside living in secluded surrounds.
      (e)   Development does not impact on or compromise:
            (i)     the complex high and frequently steep linear dune systems creating protected valleys and exposed ridges leading to
                    the ocean or wetlands on the shores of Lake Weyba; or
            (ii)    the drainage lines (being Burgess, Castaways, Marcus and Peregian Creeks and their tributaries) that form deep
                    depressions between the dunes and define the boundaries between the communities of the local plan area.

      (f)   Development recognises and reflects the sensitivity of the coastal environment including the high dune system, and is sited
            and designed to:
            (i)     protect ecologically important areas and ecological processes;
            (ii)    retain the key landscape elements that contribute to the ecosystem health; and
            (iii)   ensure development is well separated from these dune and waterway systems.

      (g)   Development recognises the importance of the vegetated backdrop and does not compromise the role of the dune and
            waterway systems in defining landforms between the communities.
      (h)   Development recognises and reinforces the close relationship between the natural character of the area and its
            attractiveness to residents and visitors. In this context, development is subservient to the natural landscape, sits lightly
            within the landscape, sensitively responds to the topography of the area and provides densely landscaped settings, with
            existing mature trees and vegetation retained wherever possible.

  **FINAL DRAFT ­ Post Consultation 2019**
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