Town Planning Report - Development Application 90 Beach Road, Noosa North Shore 28 June 2016

                                                                      15006 – North Shore Beach Houses June 2016




approval, which has now lapsed. The land was placed in the hands of receivers subsequently sold
separately. Consequently, the development of the land as a whole can not be realised and is not
consistent with the intent of the planning scheme.

Given the nature and location of the Noosa North Shore, the type of visitor accommodation that
should have been provided on the land is cabins or dwelling units in the form of budget
accommodation, along with caravans or other camping opportunities. Other facilities could then
have been provided compliment this type of development. This is the intent of the current planning
scheme, which is supported.

The subject land is now included in the Visitor Mixed Use Zone; however this zone as applied to the
Noosa North Shore Locality is not consistent with the planning scheme as a whole. While the
proposed development for detached housing is not a consistent use in the Visitor Mixed Use Zone,
the proposal does not seriously offend any of the overall outcomes of the Noosa North Shore
Locality Plan or compromise any of the desired environmental outcomes under the planning
scheme.

The limitation placed on the development to prevent permanent residential living in the existing
dwellings is not reasonable in this instance. This is because the current restriction for visitor
accommodation reduces the community benefit, the long term sustainability of the development as
a whole and does not allow for additional housing choice.

To the extent there is any conflict with the planning scheme it is minor and of a technical nature
only. In any event, there are grounds that are sufficient to overcome this level of conflict including:

   •   the development of the subject and adjoining land that was intended to become an
       integrated tourist development under the preliminary approval can now not be realised
       because the preliminary approval has lapsed;
   •   the existing development on the land cannot meet current objectives under the planning
       scheme because of the nature of the built form and some flexibility with the land uses is
       required to make the development as a whole more sustainable;
   •   the proposed development will provide for additional housing choice and will be of
       economic benefit to the local community, given the poor occupancy rate for visitor
       accommodation on the land, which is not likely to change significantly in the future;
   •   the approval of the proposed development is in the public interest given that current
       development on the land is not likely to be sustainable in the long term and an alternative
       solution should be considered as least in part, that does not compromise the ability for the
       site to be used for visitor accommodation in the future when market demand improves.




Shane Adamson (BEngTech, GDURP, MPIA)
Town Planning Specialist
Director of Adamson Town Planning Pty Ltd ATF




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