OPW15/0187 - Decision Notice

Officer:	:Conor Neville
Direct Telephone:	 07 53296287
Our Reference:	:OPW15/0187
Your Reference:	:.

28 April 2016

AL Warner
PO Box 1234
NOOSA HEADS  QLD  4567

Dear Sir/Madam

Decision Notice
Sustainable Planning Act 2009

I refer to your application and advise that on 22 April 2016, Council decided to approve the application in full subject to conditions.
Details of the decision are as follows:
1.	APPLICATION DETAILS

Application No:	OPW15/0187
Street Address:	1 Natasha Ave NOOSA HEADS  QLD  4567
Real Property Description:	Lot 1 RP 92804
Planning Scheme:	The Noosa Plan (16 September 2013)

2.	DECISION DETAILS

The following type of approval has been issued:

Development Permit for Operational Work - Landscaping

3.	RELEVANT PERIOD OF APPROVAL

The relevant period for this development approval is 2 years starting the day that this development approval takes effect.

4.	ASSESSMENT MANAGER CONDITIONS

General Conditions

All works must be constructed and work procedures undertaken in accordance with:
The approved plans/documents and conditions detailed in this Decision Notice.
The relevant conditions of the higher order Material Change of Use approval viz. MCU15/0087 to which this approval relates.
All relevant Council Planning Scheme Policies, standard drawings, standard specifications and guidelines.
All trees and vegetation identified for retention must be protected in accordance with AS 4970, Protection of trees on development sites or in accordance with the approved Arbicultural Assessment by Tree Solutions
A prestart meeting must be organised with Council’s delegate by calling 5329 6500 (giving at least five business days’ notice). The prestart meeting must be attended by the responsible persons for:
Landscape works.
Supervising Arborist.
A qualified person * must be engaged for the duration of the works to:
Ensure works are carried out in accordance with the approved Arborist Report.
Oversee installation of all tree protection fencing prior to commencement of any works onsite (including any clearing).
Supervise tree protection within the development site and frontages, prior to, during and following construction in accordance with AS 4970, Protection of trees on development sites.
Oversee approved tree removal in proximity to retained trees.
Undertake a risk assessment of all trees within striking distance of the development works and site and carry out hazard removal and amenity pruning in accordance with AS 4373, Pruning of amenity trees.
*(Refer to Advisory Note)
The landscaping works, when mature, within the Natasha Avenue road reserve must fully screen the southern face of the garage. Additional plantings must be installed by the applicant if Council deems the works insufficient or lacking in screening potential.
The proposed Flindersia schottiana species are to be replaced in the same location with a suitable local native species at a minimum pot size of 100L which retains its lower foliage to provide screening to the building, such as Syzygium francisii, Elaeocarpus obovatus, Backhousia citriodora or Syzygium luehmannii .The final species selection is to be confirmed by the applicant at the prestart meeting.
All proposed tree species within the Natasha Avenue road reserve are to be a minimum pot size of 100 L to visually screen the building.
Any works within the Banksia Avenue frontage and the Open Space Conservation area must be adequately stabilised to prevent land slip and/or accelerated erosion as a result of the approved works.
Prior to commencement of use the following (prepared by respective qualified persons* and certifying compliance with approvals) must be submitted to Council:
Landscaping certification confirming all works have been constructed in accordance with conditions of approval.
NATSPEC certification (Specifying Trees: a guide to assessment of tree quality addressing each specimen) for advanced growth tree species.
All works are generally in accordance with the approved Arbicultural Assessment by Tree Solutions.
All landscape works must be established and maintained in accordance with the approved design for the life of the development, and in a manner that ensures healthy, sustained and vigorous plant growth.  All plant material must be allowed to grow to full form and be refurbished when its life expectancy is reached.
All landscape works must be maintained generally in accordance with the approved design for the life of the development in order to achieve the screening of the development in the front boundary setbacks.
5.	REFERRAL AGENCIES

Not Applicable.

6.	APPROVED PLANS

The following plans are Approved Plans for the development:

Approved Plans
Plan No.	Rev.	Plan Name	Date
137 1516 L001	C	Drawing Schedule and Notes, prepared by James Birrell Design Lab	30/03/2016
137 1516 L002	C	Finishes & Plant Schedules, prepared by James Birrell Design Lab As amended by Council	30/03/2016
137 1516 L301	C	Planting Plan, prepared by James Birrell Design Lab As amended by Council	30/03/2016
137 1516 L401	C	Landscape Details, prepared by James Birrell Design Lab	30/03/2016

7.	REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

Not Applicable.

8.	ADVISORY NOTES

The following notes are included for guidance and information purposes only and do not form part of the assessment manager conditions:
Qualified Person
Qualified Person, for the purpose of:
Supervising landscape works and preparing a landscape certification, is considered to be a landscape architect, landscape designer or horticulturist with a minimum of three years current experience in the field of landscape design.
Undertaking, supervising tree works and preparing arboriculture certification, is considered to be a person with a minimum three years current experience in tree protection, hazard identification/mitigation and Specifying Trees – a guide to assessment of tree quality (NATSPEC) assessment and either:
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certification; or
A Diploma of Arboriculture.
9.	PROPERTY NOTES

Not Applicable.

10.	PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OVERRIDING PLANNING SCHEME

Not Applicable.

11.	FURTHER DEVELOPMENT PERMITS REQUIRED

Not Applicable

12.	SELF ASSESSABLE CODES

Not Applicable.

13.	SUBMISSIONS

Not Applicable.

14.	REASONS / GROUNDS FOR APPROVAL DESPITE CONFLICT WITH SCHEME

Not Applicable.

15.	RIGHTS OF APPEAL

You are entitled to appeal against this decision.  A copy of the relevant appeal provisions from the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 is attached.

During the appeal period, you as the applicant may suspend your appeal period and make written representations to Council about the conditions contained within the development approval.  If Council agrees or agrees in part with the representations, a “negotiated decision notice” will be issued.  Only one “negotiated decision notice” may be given.  Taking this step will defer your appeal period, which will commence again from the start the day after you receive a “negotiated decision notice”.

16.	OTHER DETAILS

If you wish to obtain more information about Council’s decision, electronic copies are available on line at www.noosa.qld.gov.au, or at Council Offices.

Yours faithfully

Conor Neville
Environment Officer

Enc:	Approved Plans/Documents
Appeal Rights

	Appeal Rights SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ACT 2009 & SUSTAINABLE PLANNING REGULATION 2009

The following is an extract from the Sustainable Planning Act 2009  (Chapter 7).
MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE, RECONFIGURING A LOT & OPERATIONAL WORKS

Division 8 	Appeals to court relating to development applications and approvals

461 	Appeals by applicants
(1) 	An applicant for a development application may appeal to the court against any of the following—
(a) 	the refusal, or the refusal in part, of the development application;
(b) 	any condition of a development approval, another matter stated in a development approval and the identification or inclusion of a code under section 242;
(c) 	the decision to give a preliminary approval when a development permit was applied for;
(d) 	the length of a period mentioned in section 341;
(e) 	a deemed refusal of the development application.
(2) 	An appeal under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) must be started within 20 business days (the applicant’s appeal period) after—
(a) 	if a decision notice or negotiated decision notice is given—the day the decision notice or negotiated decision notice is given to the applicant; or
(b) 	otherwise—the day a decision notice was required to be given to the applicant.
(3) 	An appeal under subsection (1)(e) may be started at any time after the last day a decision on the matter should have been made.

462 	Appeals by submitters—general
(1) 	A submitter for a development application may appeal to the court only against—
(a) 	the part of the approval relating to the assessment manager’s decision about any part of the application requiring impact assessment under section 314; or
(b) 	the part of the approval relating to the assessment manager’s decision under section 327.
(2) 	To the extent an appeal may be made under subsection (1), the appeal may be against 1 or more of the following—
(a) 	the giving of a development approval;
(b) 	any provision of the approval including—
(i) 	a condition of, or lack of condition for, the approval; or
(ii) 	the length of a period mentioned in section 341 for the approval.
(3) 	However, a submitter may not appeal if the submitter—
(a) 	withdraws the submission before the application is decided; or
(b) 	has given the assessment manager a notice under section 339(1)(b)(ii).
(4) 	The appeal must be started within 20 business days (the submitter’s appeal period) after the decision notice or negotiated decision notice is given to the submitter.

463 	Additional and extended appeal rights for submitters for particular development applications
(1) 	This section applies to a development application to which chapter 9, part 7 applies.
(2) 	A submitter of a properly made submission for the application may appeal to the court about a referral agency’s response made by a prescribed concurrence agency for the application.
(3) 	However, the submitter may only appeal against a referral agency’s response to the extent it relates to—
(a) 	if the prescribed concurrence agency is the chief executive (environment)—development for an aquacultural ERA; or
(b) 	if the prescribed concurrence agency is the chief executive (fisheries)—development that is—
(i) 	a material change of use of premises for aquaculture; or
(ii) 	operational work that is the removal, damage or destruction of a marine plant.
(4) 	Despite section 462(1), the submitter may appeal against the following matters for the application even if the matters relate to code assessment—
(a) 	a decision about a matter mentioned in section 462(2) if it is a decision of the chief executive (fisheries);
(b) 	a referral agency’s response mentioned in subsection (2).

464 	Appeals by advice agency submitters
(1) 	Subsection (2) applies if an advice agency, in its response for an application, told the assessment manager to treat the response as a properly made submission.
(2) 	The advice agency may, within the limits of its jurisdiction, appeal to the court about—
(a) 	any part of the approval relating to the assessment manager’s decision about any part of the application requiring impact assessment under section 314; or
(b) 	any part of the approval relating to the assessment manager’s decision under section 327.
(3) 	The appeal must be started within 20 business days after the day the decision notice or negotiated decision notice is given to the advice agency as a submitter.
(4) 	However, if the advice agency has given the assessment manager a notice under section 339(1)(b)(ii), the advice agency may not appeal the decision.

465 	Appeals about decisions relating to extensions for approvals
(1) 	For a development approval given for a development application, a person to whom a notice is given under section 389, other than a notice for a decision under section 386(2), may appeal to the court against the decision in the notice.
(2) 	The appeal must be started within 20 business days after the day the notice of the decision is given to the person.
(3) 	Also, a person who has made a request under section 383 may appeal to the court against a deemed refusal of the request.
(4)	An appeal under subsection (3) may be started at any time after the last day the decision on the matter should have been made.

466 	Appeals about decisions relating to permissible changes
(1) 	For a development approval given for a development application, the following persons may appeal to the court against a decision on a request to make a permissible change to the approval—
(a) 	if the responsible entity for making the change is the assessment manager for the application—
(i) 	the person who made the request; or
(ii) 	an entity that gave a notice under section 373 or a pre-request response notice about the request;
(b) 	if the responsible entity for making the change is a concurrence agency for the application—the person who made the request.
(2) 	The appeal must be started within 20 business days after the day the person is given notice of the decision on the request under section 376.
(3) 	Also, a person who has made a request under section 369 may appeal to the court against a deemed refusal of the request.
(4)	An appeal under subsection (3) may be started at any time after the last day the decision on the matter should have been made.

467 	Appeals about changing or cancelling conditions imposed by assessment manager or concurrence agency
(1) 	A person to whom a notice under section 378(9)(b) giving a decision to change or cancel a condition of a development approval has been given may appeal to the court against the decision in the notice.
(2) 	The appeal must be started within 20 business days after the day the notice of the decision is given to the person.

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