2022-11-08 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                8 NOVEMBER 2022


•     Distillery tours/Educational classes could be undertaken where ancillary.
•     Private functions not supported
•     Tastings to remain ancillary
•     Impacts on noise and carparking would need to be assessed.
Further verbal discussions and meetings were subsequently held with Planning staff prior to
lodgement of the application discussing the scale, landscaping, carparking, noise and operational
aspects.
2.2. Site Description
The subject site comprises 4 tenancies and associated carparking areas located in an existing
single storey industrial building on the eastern side of Rene Street, Noosaville. The front 3
tenancies are currently used by the Seabourne Distillery with the fourth tenancy at the rear of the
used for industrial purposes. A driveway extends along the southern boundary of the site and
provides direct access to industrial uses on site.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
The site is located in the Rene Street industrial area and is surrounded by industrial buildings and
uses.
3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application 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;
•     Noosa Plan 2020.
4.    State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
Noosa Plan 2020 is generally consistent with the State Planning Policy July 2017 (SPP) and the
SPP raises no further issues relevant to the proposed development.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint. 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.
4.1. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The site is located in the Noosaville Locality and is zoned medium impact industry in which a bar
is an inconsistent, impact assessable use. The application must be assessed against the whole
of Noosa Plan 2020 to the extent the provisions are relevant to the development.
The pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:
Land Use
The purpose and overall outcomes of the Noosaville Local Plan Code details the following:
      (o)   Development in the Low impact industry zone and the Medium impact industry zone
            accommodates a broad range of industry and business uses, avoiding negative
            impacts on the amenity of nearby residential areas.

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