Delegated Report - Code - Planning RAL24 0014 - AS PUBLISHED · RAL24/0014

               2.     SITE DETAILS
               2.1. Background
               •    The existing slash pine and Gympie messmate plantations were planted circa 1970 to help
                    kerb weeds.
               •    Council purchased the site in December 1999.
               •    An Exemption Certificate (EXE21/0031) was issued in October 2021 for minor or
                    inconsequential Building Work Assessable against the Planning Scheme for the storage shed
                    (associated with the adjoining cemetery) located in the south western portion of the site.
               •    A Preliminary Site Investigation (contamination) was undertaken in January 2023, reported in
                    May 2023 and updated in October 2023. As a result of the investigations, the presence of a
                    Notifiable Activity (historical landfilling) and associated Hazardous Contaminants (physical
                    wastes, asbestos and elevated heavy metals above applicable criteria) were identified, with
                    Council subsequently notifying the Department of Environment, Science and Innovation (DESI)
                    in May 2023 to list the site on the Queensland Environmental Management Register (EMR).
                    The report found the site was contaminated in the 1950/1960’s and was a former land fill in the
                    southern portion of the site and a night soil disposal area to the northern portion of the site.
               •    Further extensive grid testing of the site occurred in February 2024 to better understand the
                    extent of the contamination, with remediation of the site proposed to occur late 2024 or early
                    2025.
               •    A Development Permit for Operational Works for vegetation clearing (OPW23/0190) for a
                    portion of the site was issued in February 2024.
               2.2. Site Description
               The subject site is a 3.5 hectare irregularly shaped lot containing planted vegetation in the southern
               half of the site. The site also contains an existing shed in the south western part of the site.
               2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
               The site adjoins the Cooroy cemetery to the west, residential uses to the south and east and
               vacant, highly vegetated lots to the south that are zoned Medium density residential.
               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; and
               •    Noosa Plan 2020.
               3.2. Noosa Plan 2020
               The following codes from the Noosa Plan 2020 are applicable to this development:
               •    Community Facilities Zone Code;
               •    Cooroy Local Plan Code;
               •    Reconfiguring a Lot Code;
               •    Works Codes;
               •    Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay;
               •    Extractive Resources Overlay;
               •    Landslide Hazard Overlay.


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Version: 5, Version Date: 29/08/2024