Town Planning Assessment Report

      4.3. Referral Agencies

The proposal does not trigger referral to any external agency.


      4.4. Assessment Procedures

Section 82 of Planning Act 2016 states the following with regard to assessing and deciding
applications for other changes:
(2)      For administering the change application, and assessing and deciding the change
         application in the context of the development approval, the relevant provisions apply—
         (a)     as if—
                 (i)      the responsible entity were the assessment manager; and
                 (ii)     the change application were the original development application, with
                          the changes included, but was made when the change application was
                          made; and

Consequently, proposed other has been assessed against The Noosa Plan 2020 as detailed
below:


5. The Noosa Plan

      5.1. Level of Assessment

The Noosa Plan 2020 defines Short term accommodation as:

a) means the use of premises for

         i) providing accommodation of less than three (3) consecutive months to tourists or
         travellers; or

         ii) a manager’s residence, office, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use of guests, if the
         use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

b) does not include a hotel, nature-based tourism, resort complex or tourist park

The site is located within the Noosaville Local Plan and the Medium Density Residential zone under
the Noosa Plan 2020. In accordance with Table 5.5.2 of the planning scheme, Short-term
Accommodation is identified to be a consistent use in the zone and required to follow an impact
assessable application process.




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