2015-10-13 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                              13 OCTOBER 2015


For the Community Services Zone—land committed or planned for community purposes—
i         is protected and managed to enable the efficient and timely delivery of community
          services; and
ii        is consistent with the indoor recreation, education, social and safety needs of the local
          community, including people with special needs, such as the elderly, children, low
          income earners and disabled persons;
The proposed development does not involve a community use or infrastructure use
consistent with the zoning. Given the site is privately owned, the most likely community uses
on the site would be either childcare or aged care. Notably, Tewantin’s Community Services
zone provisions also allow office development, medical, veterinary and entertainment &
dining uses on the site. As such, the development provisions for the site are an amalgam of
the Community Services and Business Centre zones. Further outcome O77 of the locality
code states:
Uses found within the Community Services Zone, fronting Pelican Street, Poinciana Avenue,
Memorial Avenue, Doonella Street and Sidoni Street—
a)        support the functions of the Business Centre and include a range of important
          community services which serve the Tewantin and Doonan locality as well as the wider
          region; and
b)        are focused on emergency services, information centres; medical centres, social and
          infrastructure uses, and in the case of the Tewantin-Noosa RSL Club, entertainment
          and dining uses;
The applicant acknowledges the development involves an inconsistent use but submits a
number of grounds in support of the proposal. These are discussed in Section 3.4 of this
report.
The Overall outcomes for the locality seek new uses that are compatible with the character
and amenity of existing uses in the area. They also seek new multiple housing
developments that focus on areas close to the Tewantin Business Centre, community
facilities, parks and public transport services. The proposed unit development expands on
the existing multiple dwelling use on the site, but does not introduce any significant new
impacts on the amenity of the area and is generally well designed. The proposed small
dwelling units are likely to be relatively affordable and the location provides excellent access
to Tewantin’s facilities and services.
The locality code includes built form provisions for new development. The table below
provides assessment against the built form limits that would be applied to the site under both
the Community Services zone and Attached Housing zone (for comparison where unit
development is allowed).


     Criteria                      Planning Scheme                 Proposal              Complies
     Site Area                                                     2,539m²

     Population density            40.62 persons max               37.7 persons             
                                   (100persons per ha for
                                   Community Services Zone for
                                   retirement housing)

                                   25.39 persons max                                        X
                                   (100persons per ha for
                                   Attached Housing Zone)




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