2021-05-28 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                                28 MAY 2021


South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan
The site is located within the Urban Footprint. The SEQ Regional plan includes a number of policies
which set the desired outcomes, principles, policies and programs to address growth and
management of the region. The principles and policies are intended to guide state and local
government in the formulation of their own policies as they are the cornerstones to the correct
functioning of the region. The desired regional outcomes include the following principle and policies
for Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptions; and Managing the Coast.
Natural Hazards and Climate Change Adaptions: Principle
Increase the resilience of communities, development, essential infrastructure, natural environments
and economic sectors to natural hazards including the projected effects of climate change.
Policies
    Reduce the risk from natural hazards, including the projected effects of climate change, by
     avoiding areas with high exposure and establishing adaptation strategies to minimise
     vulnerability to riverine flooding, storm tide or sea level rise inundation, coastal erosion,
     bushfires and landslides.
    Reduce the risk from natural hazards, including the projected effects of climate change, by
     establishing adaptation strategies to minimise vulnerability to heatwaves and high
     temperatures, reduced and more variable rainfall, cyclones and severe winds, and severe
     storms and hail.
    Planning schemes and development decisions shall be in accordance with the Queensland
     Coastal Plan, including the range of potential sea level rises.
The subject site is located within the area mapped by the state as Coastal Management District and
Erosion Prone and therefore is at risk from coastal erosion processes and the projected effects of
climate change.
Managing the Coast: Principle
Maintain, protect and enhance the values of the region’s coast, including the foreshore, coastal
wetlands, dunes, coastal processes, marine ecosystems, significant coastal values and marine
waters.
Policies
    Locate, design and manage coastal development to avoid or mitigate adverse effects on
     coastal values.
    Ensure development other than maritime infrastructure avoids erosion prone areas, storm tide
     inundation hazard areas, and undeveloped sections of tidal waterways in accordance with the
     Queensland Coastal Plan.
    Ensure that development on the coast or in tidal waters maintains natural physical coastal
     processes or ensures that there is no increased risk of shoreline erosion to adjacent areas of
     coastline.
The proposal will lead to increase in the number of people and property in an erosion prone area,
an area at risk from the coastal processes.
Planning Regulation 2017
The proposal is for urban activity within the Urban Footprint and does not conflict with the
assessment benchmarks contained in the Planning Regulation 2017 for the SEQ Region.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The subject site is in Coastal Communities Local Plan area and is zoned Low Density Residential.
The proposed subdivision is required to follow a code assessment application process.


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