Minor Change Cover Letter Assessment_060620 · MCU13/0081.01

VISITOR MIXED USE ZONE CODE

O50 Character and amenity

S50.1 The number of non-residential tenancies developed on a site does not exceed the rate of 1 per
20 accommodation units or dwelling units; provided that non- Residential Uses with a use area over
100m2 are calculated as 2 tenancies.

Compliance Summary: The development has 47 units and in accordance with the rate specified above,
the site is permitted to have 2.3 commercial tenancies where it has 6. The number of tenancies is
considered to be appropriate on the basis they are existing and there are no fundamental changes
proposed. No further assessment is considered to be required.

RESIDENTIAL USES CODE

    •   There are no relevant requirements for Visitor Accommodation.

BUSINESS USES CODE

    •   There are no relevant requirements for Entertainment Type 1 (Café) or Retail Businesses Type 2
        (Shop).

CHANGES TO CONDITIONS

No changes to the conditions of approval are required. Given the age of the existing approvals, Council
may wish to update reference to the various development standards.


CHANGES TO APPROVED PLANS

It is requested that Council endorse the architectural plans prepared by Sprout (Attachment 1) as part
of the approval.

CONCLUSION

An assessment of the changes against the minor change provisions in the Planning Act 2016 finds that
the changes are indeed Minor Changes. An assessment of the planning schemes in affect throughout
various stages of the sites development finds that the assessment benchmarks are too outdated to be
considered relevant to the assessment of the changes.

Accordingly, the changes have been assessed against the provisions of the current Noosa Plan 2006. We
understand that the Act gives Council the authority to apply the weight that it considers appropriate to
these assessment benchmarks.

In this regard, the above assessment finds that the proposed changes comply with the current
assessment benchmarks, on the basis:

    •   For all development parameters generally, including height, the proposal meets the Probable
        Solution and therefore complies with the Code;
    •   With regard to density, setbacks and roof form, the proposed changes meet the relevant Specific
        Outcomes and therefore comply with the Code; and
    •   In relation to the site cover and gross floor area, the proposed development was found to be
        inconsistent with Specific Outcomes O10 and O13. However, following an assessment against
        the Overall Outcomes of the Code, the changes were found to achieve all relevant outcomes
        and therefore comply with the Code.




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