Final Town Planning Report - 47 Goodchap Street

4.         OUTLINE OF STATE AND REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE
           FRAMEWORK AND ASSESSMENT
4.1.       LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
4.1.1. The Planning Act 2016
The purpose of the Planning Act is to facilitate the achievement of ecological sustainability by establishing an
efficient, effective, transparent, coordinated and accountable system of land use planning, development
assessment and related matters.
This application is for a Material Change of Use that is assessable development. A development permit for
the Material Change of Use is therefore required prior to the commencement of use.
The Noosa Plan (Planning Scheme) states that the proposed Material Change of Use is subject to Impact
Assessment. Impact Assessment is to be undertaken in accordance with Section 45(5) of the Act. An Impact
Assessable application must be carried out against the assessment benchmarks in the Planning Scheme
and have regard to any matter prescribed by regulation for paragraph.

4.2.       ASSESSMENT BENCHMARK – STATE PLANNING POLICY
The State Planning Policy (SPP) was introduced on 3 July 2017 as part of a new State planning system. The
SPP defines the Queensland Government’s policies about matters of state interest in land use planning and
development, and provides direction for the preparation of local planning instruments and assessment of
development applications. The SPP also includes assessment benchmarks for some development
applications, if a planning scheme does not appropriately integrate the relevant state interest.
The SPP provides supporting mapping to assist in spatially representing policies and requirements contained
within the SPP. An extract of the state planning interest overlays is provided in Figure 4.
Figure 4 - SPP Mapping Extract




The mapping indicates that the following SPP matters apply to the site:
▪    Coastal Environment
     ‒   Coastal management district


URBIS                                                       OUTLINE OF STATE AND REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK AND
FINAL TOWN PLANNING REPORT - 47 GOODCHAP STREET                                                          ASSESSMENT   9