Planning Report minor change 2021

                                                                                                                  proposal report




The original application appears to have been lodged and approved under the 1985 Schedule to
the Planning Scheme. The 1985 Schedule provides limited assessment benchmarks for tourist
accommodation in the area and the proposed changes to do not alter the approved use of the site.
The proposed changes are considered to be consistent with the original approval.

The Noosa Plan 2020 provides the site with a Rural Residential zoning. The proposed use of the
site for tourist cabins could be defined under the Noosa Plan 2020 as Nature Based Tourism or
Short term accommodation defined below:

        Nature Based Tourism- Means the use of premises for a tourism activity, including
       accommodation for tourists, for the appreciation, conservation or interpretation of:
         a) an area of environmental, cultural or heritage value: or
         b) a local ecosystem; or
         c) the natural environment.

       Short term accommodation
        (a) means the use of premises for
             (i) providing accommodation of less than three (3) consecutive months to tourists or
                  travellers; or
             (ii) a manager’s residence, office, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use of guests,
                  if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (a); but
        (b) does not include a hotel, nature-based tourism, resort complex or tourist park

The table of assessment for the Rural Residential zone details that Nature Based Tourism and
Short term accommodation are consistent, impact assessable uses in the zone.

The proposed changes have been compared to the provisions of the Noosa Plan 2020 and are
generally consistent with the requirements of the plan. The purpose of the Rural Residential zone
is to provide for residential uses and activities on large lots and the proposal has been reviewed
against the code and complies with built form provisions and setbacks. The proposal does not
meet the acceptable outcomes of the code in relation to being subordinate to a domestic use
(AO1.3) however is considered to comply with the performance outcomes as detailed below :

Role and Function
Performance Outcomes                                 Acceptable Outcomes                      Proposal Response

PO1                                                  AO1.1
Development provides for low density,                Development other than a dwelling        The applicant is seeking approval to
semi-rural living as well as compatible              house is inconspicuous and presents      change an existing approval which
work from home opportunities,                        as          a dwelling       house.      allows for visitor accommodation on
primary       production      and small                                                       the site. The proposed changes are
scale visitor accommodation, on large                AO1.2                                    considered to provide a less intrusive
allotments with varying levels of                    The dwelling  house may      include     form of development in the form of
services.                                            one secondary    dwelling with     a     ‘glamping tents’ that are lightweight
                                                     maximum gross     floor      area of     and smaller than the approved cabins
                                                     65m2 and no more than two                and located in the cleared areas of the
                                                     bedrooms.                                site.

                                                     AO1.3
                                                     Any          business         operated
                                                     on site including accommodation is
                                                     subordinate to the use of the premises
                                                     for a domestic residence.
PO2                                                  AO2
Development does not result in the                   A distance of not less than 100 metres   Not applicable – premises not within
diminished productive capacity of rural              is provided between a sensitive land     100m of rural zoned land
activities on adjacent or nearby                     use and land within the Rural zone
properties.                                          that:



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