201312_Town Planning Application

5. STATE PLANNING

The Planning Regulation 2017 prescribes assessment benchmarks that an application must be assessed
against, which are additional or alternative to the benchmarks contained within local planning instruments.


The assessment benchmarks are contained within:


      •   The Regional Plan and Part E of the State Planning Policy, to the extent that they are not appropriately
          integrated into the Planning Scheme; and
      •   Schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation 2017.


The SEQ Regional Plan 2017, Part E of the State Planning Policy and Schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation
2017 are addressed below.


5.1       South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan 2017

The site is subject to the South East Queensland Regional Plan 2017. Under the Regional Plan, the subject
site is included within the Urban Footprint, with the proposed subdivision being consistent with the intent
envisaged for the Urban Footprint. Accordingly, the proposed development is determined to appropriately
progress the Regional Plan.


5.2       State Planning Policy

The State Planning Policy (SPP) defines the Queensland Government’s policies about matters of state interest
in land use planning and development. The SPP only applies to development assessment if the Planning
Scheme has not yet appropriately integrated the SPP. If there is a discrepancy between Local Planning
Scheme and a State Planning Policy, then the State Planning Policy overrides the Planning Scheme.


The Noosa Plan 2020 appropriately reflects the SPP. Accordingly, an assessment against the SPP is not
required.


5.3       Planning Regulation 2017

Following a review of the State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) DA Online Mapping System and
Schedule 10 of the Planning Regulation 2017, it is confirmed that an application of this nature does not require
referral to SARA.




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