2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 5 - Final New Noosa Plan - Part 1-6 - Clean version

nature; pleasing integration of the built form with the natural landscape; access to nature​­based outdoor recreation; and a relaxed pace
of life relative to larger centres in SEQ. Success has come by finding the delicate balance between meeting contemporary needs and
ensuring that the community's core values are not eroded. This includes measures to:
        protect and maintain natural assets for current and future generations
        support and enhance community wellbeing and economic prosperity
        ensure well planned infrastructure
        ensure the planned extent of urban development and population growth is sustainably maintained through the definition of urban
        and rural residential boundaries, development densities and building heights
        maintain low rise building heights.

New buildings are predominantly one to three storeys high and are also limited to an absolute height measured in metres.

Noosa Council has consistently taken a long term planning approach to sustainable planning. It is this long term approach that has
ensured that the community's values and principles are not diminished by unintended development decisions.

This approach is also the Shire's economic strength. It has created a consistent and well​­recognised 'Noosa brand' that provides a
unique advantage and a 'natural' point of difference.

In September 2007, Noosa Shire was declared a Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Program in recognition
of the commitment by the community to environmental excellence and the pursuit of ecologically sustainable development. UNESCO
specifically recognised in Noosa Shire a sophisticated level of human settlement. It highlighted a high level of inter​relationship between
the natural environment and community wellbeing. Important to this was the strong sense of community involvement and coordination
over a broad range of human settlement, economic and natural environment issues.

Noosa Shire has been shaped not only by nature but also by the actions of passionate and creative residents, developers, community
groups, and planning and design professionals. Noosa Shire is a community that values, preserves and builds upon its core values.
Council continues to work with the community to maintain and enhance the lifestyle, wellbeing and prosperity of residents through careful
planning and inclusive decision making. It actively takes stewardship of the Shire's natural resources in partnership with the community.

In Noosa Shire, development is required to fit within the natural carrying capacity of the landscape, whether it be for residential, business,
infrastructure, recreation, or rural pursuits. This carrying capacity philosophy is fundamental to the community’s longstanding values and
principles. The planned population in the planning scheme is based on:
       the inherent capability of the landscape to support development
       the constraints of individual sites, whether it be natural hazards or environmental values
       available and planned infrastructure
       community preferences for individual localities.

Around three quarters of Noosa's population resides in Tewantin, Noosaville, Noosa Heads and the coastal communities from
Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach. Consequently, urban residential, business, community, industrial and recreational activity is
consolidated close to the coast, which is the area most popular with visitors. The balance of the population live in the hinterland, mostly
within the existing towns and villages of Cooroy, Pomona, Cooran, Kin Kin, Boreen Point and their surrounding settlements., as well as
Noosa North Shore.

By 2041, Noosa's population is projected to reach around 63,000 persons and about three quarters of the additional residents will live
between Tewantin and Peregian Beach. This amounts to a projected total increase of some 9,500 people from the 2016 census.
Previous planning schemes have set development requirements to accommodate a growing population, which was built around the
carrying capacity philosophy. Most of the remaining planned capacity is to be located within defined 'Urban Boundaries'. There is also
limited remaining rural residential zoned land still to be developed. The established Urban Boundaries define the extent of land for urban
development in Noosa Shire and hence land for new greenfield development on undeveloped land remains limited. Consequently, most
development and redevelopment will occur within existing urban areas. This will encourage under​utilised land to be used more
efficiently. It will lead to more efficient use of existing infrastructure and a more compact urban form to help reduce car usage.
Environmental impacts will also be minimised.

This planning scheme seeks to maintain Council's long standing commitment to a sustainable population and well managed growth
through firm Urban Boundaries, development densities and building heights. Unrestrained and unplanned development is resisted in
Noosa Shire. Any unanticipated development requires demonstration of a high level of community need.

Editor's Note— Urban Boundaries include coastal communities from Peregian Beach to Tewantin and all other towns and villages and
are identified on Strategic Framework Map 1 Settlement and the Zone Maps in Schedule 2.


  **FINAL DRAFT ­ Post Consultation 2019**
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