Change App - MCU17.0076 - Planning Report

It is important to establish a geographical area as it is relevant to the assessment given that
provisions within the planning scheme reference Local Plan Areas, villages, communities and zone
areas and the like.

In this case, this report suggests the surrounding land uses stretch throughout the whole of
Noosaville in the Low Density Residential Zone, Medium Density Residential Zone, High Density
Residential Zone, District Centre Zone (Health and Wellbeing Precinct) and the Tourist
Accommodation Zone.

Low Density Residential Zone – Generally consists of detached houses. The current ‘accepted
development’ provisions in this zone for Short-term Accommodation, existing development
approvals, and historical use rights of Detached houses, many streets do have visitors. The Low
Density Residential zone is Noosa Waters, west end of Gympie Terrace and around the Creek Road
area have permanent residents but at times have many visitors.

Medium Density Residential Zone – The proposal is in an area which consists of Dual Occupancy
and Multiple Dwellings where some are approved post 2006 but many have been approved prior to
2006. Some older style homes, newer houses and renovated houses still exist in the area. Therefore,
many of the developments have the ability to be used for either permanent or short-term residents,
or a combination of both under the definition of the planning scheme in force at the time of approval.

Tourist Accommodation Zone – The zone is generally located fronting Gympie Terrace stretching
from Howard Street in the east to The Cockleshell to the west. The area generally consists of multiple
dwellings approved prior to 2006 and afford user rights for short term accommodation, permanent
accommodation or a combination of both.

District Centre Zone – Consists of typical business uses and the recently completed ‘Bounce’
backpackers.

To put this into context, although Noosaville consists of some zone area for tourist accommodation,
the area is home to a range of land uses where short term to permanent ratio changes from time to
time due to circumstances both geographically and economically. Therefore, calculating the
predominate land use is difficult unless a ‘ground truth’ door knock is undertaken, which is the only
way to provide an accurate ‘snap shot’ of land use.

Table 2 details the surrounding land uses immediately adjacent to the subject sites.

Table 2: Surrounding Uses

 North                   Old style Dual occupancy

 South                   Dual occupancy

 East                    Dual occupancy

 West                    Multiple dwelling




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