2019-04-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 APRIL 2019


2.2. Site Description
The site has a 15 metre frontage to Seaview Terrace and a 15.4 metre frontage to the Sunshine
Beach coastal reserve and is rectangular in shape. The site is located on a steep escarpment
where at the rear boundary, the land falls away to the beachfront. The site itself has a 7 metre
fall from west to east.
An existing dwelling is located on the site within the Coastal Protection Area identified under the
Natural Resources Overlay. The Coastal Building line traverses the site north to south as shown
in Figure 1.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
The site adjoins detached houses to the north and south and to the west across Seaview
Terrace. The site slopes steeply to the east adjoining north Sunshine Beach.
3.   ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
The application under the Planning Act 2016 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 State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) outlines particulars about compatible urban form that
minimises impacts on coastal processes and avoids development that present unacceptable risk
from coastal hazards. The Noosa Plan is generally consistent with the SPP. The State Planning
Policy (State interest guideline – Coastal Environment) requires the coastal environment to be
protected and enhanced and urban form to be compatible with this. Particularly this policy
requires that development is avoided in areas that present an unacceptable risk from coastal
hazards; and development avoids or minimises adverse impacts on coastal processes and
coastal resources.
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 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 Region.
3.3. Statutory Instruments
State Provisions
The proposal seeks to construct a new dwelling seaward of the Coastal Building Line, providing a
6 metre setback to the building and a cantilevered deck 3 metres setback from the seaward
boundary. The Coastal Building Line is generally 15m from the seaward boundary as shown in
Figure 1 in Item 1 of this report.




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