2019-10-28 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                        28 OCTOBER 2019


2.4. Surrounding Land Uses
The Noosaville industrial estate is adjacent the site to the west, with Rene Street extending into
the SBC and connecting to Hofmann Drive. The estate contains a broad mix of industrial and
business uses. Adjacent lots within the SBC to the west and south west of the site fronting
Hofmann Drive and Rene Street have been developed for warehousing, storage, distribution,
manufacturing and trade showroom uses. Lionel Donovan Drive is to the north of the site, across
Eenie Creek Road, and is predominantly developed for motor vehicle sales businesses and
complimentary industrial business uses. Noosa Domain retirement village is north of the site
across Eenie Creek Road. Substantial open space and conservation lands containing remnant
vegetation are adjacent the site to the south and east and conserved in National Park or
Environmental Reserve, with Eenie Creek approximately 500m to the south flowing to Lake
Weyba 1.5km to the southeast.
3.    ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
    State Planning Policy;
    South East Queensland Regional Plan;
    Planning Regulation 2017;
    The Noosa Plan.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Policy
Biodiversity
The State Interest is “Matters of environmental significance are valued and protected, and the
health and resilience of biodiversity is maintained or enhanced to support ecological processes”.
Benchmark 1 requires “development is located in areas to avoid significant impacts on matters of
national environmental significance and considers the requirements of the Environment
Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.”
Benchmark 2 requires “Matters of state environmental significance are identified and
development is located in areas that avoid adverse impacts; where adverse impacts cannot be
reasonably avoided, they are minimised”.
Benchmark 5 specifically addresses koala habitat by requiring “Viable koala populations in South
East Queensland are protected by conserving and enhancing koala habitat extent and condition”.
As the proposal would result in the removal of koala habit it does not comply with item 1, 2 and 5
of State Interest- Biodiversity of the State Planning Policy July 2017.
Natural Hazards
The proposed development fails to meet the assessment benchmarks for natural hazards, risk
and resilience. Council’s bushfire consultant advises Benchmark 4 Development supports and
does not hinder disaster management response or recovery capacity and capabilities is not
adequately addressed.
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint area of the SEQ Regional Plan. The proposal is
consistent with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.




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