Planner's Report

4.0 STATE INTERESTS

4.1       Statutory Instruments Applying to the Original Development Application

      1. The proposed changes to the proposed development are consistent with the Statutory Instruments that
         applied when the original development application was made and which Council must consider. In this
         regard, we note the following:

                 a)   The original application was assessed against the statutory instruments applying at the time and
                      the approval demonstrates that the proposal complied with those State requirements.
                 b)   The proposed changes to the layout reduces the development footprint and provides additional
                      areas of parkland for conservation and community recreational purposes. As such, the changed
                      proposal clearly complies with those requirements, which included the SEQ Regional Plan and
                      State Planning Policies, to the extent that the SPPs had not been appropriately reflected in
                      Council’s planning scheme. No further assessment is considered necessary.
                 c)   SARA had no objection to the original extension application of the relevant period (currency
                      period) which is related to but separate from this change request.

4.2 Statutory Instruments applying at the date of the Change application

4.2.1     SEQ Regional Plan – Shaping SEQ

      2. The development approval is still a valid approval, the subject of Planning and Environmental Court
         appeals, which are yet to be decided. The proposed development is entirely appropriate given the long
         held expectations for rural residential development of the site as evidenced by a lengthy approval history
         which includes rezoning and reconfiguration approvals.

4.2.2 State Planning Policy

      3. The proposed minor change to the layout is consistent with the applicable State Interests under the
         current State Planning Policy 2017:

 State Interest                                 Comment
 AGRICULTURE
                                                The SPP mapping does not outline the site as containing an
                                                Agricultural land classification. Refer to the agricultural land
                                                assessment prepared by RPS Pty Ltd (incorporating LRAM Pty Ltd) in
                                                Appendix B.

 BIODIVERSITY                                   Please refer to Ecological Assessment undertaken by Cardno –
                                                Appendix C.

 COASTAL ENVIRONMENT                            The layout has been designed to ensure coastal processes are
                                                protected by:




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