Town Planning Report - Other Change Composting Facility · 132005.638.06

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       2         Introduction

       The development application is for an “other change” to the existing development approval
       (2005/638) to provide for a composting facility, centrally located within the NRRC site. The
       proposed composting facility will replace the existing green waste mulching and management
       process onsite.

       While a new facility is being established on the land, there is no increase to the existing
       development footprint. The scale of operation has increased over time in line with incremental
       population growth.

       The proposed composing facility itself does not significantly change the existing onsite
       operation and will not generate a substantial increase in traffic movements or a significant
       increase in the demand for parking. Further, the proposed development will not cause a
       significant worsening of existing operational impacts with the proposed development being
       well removed from nearby rural residential properties and not expected to cause any
       environmental harm off the site.

       The location of the proposed composting facility and the nature of facility is a logical and
       practical expansion to the existing NRRC organic waste processing, in response to an identified
       community need to improve processing and operational efficiencies.


       3         Application Background

       The site of the composting facility is centrally located within the existing operational area and
       does not require the removal of any remanent vegetation and does not substantial change the
       existing ground levels. The proposed composting facility is not considered to be a new use,
       rather an extension of the existing green waste mulching and processing, along with the
       processing of some limited low risk odour generating food products, such as coffee grounds.
       No blending no manufacture of soil conditioning is proposed onsite.

       Given the application is for an “other change” it is to be assessed in accordance with section
       82 of the Planning Act 2016. The relevant provisions that apply as if … the change application
       were the original development application, with the changes included, but was made when the
       change application was made. Therefore, the “other change” application is to be assessed
       against the current Noosa Plan 2020; however, is to be considered in context with the existing
       development approval 1.




       1 Planning Act 2016, section 82(2)




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