Planning Report

                                                                                        proposal report




4.2 Noosa Plan
The applicant seeks approval for the following uses for the site:
       Commercial business means the conduct of a business activity, where a service is offered
       or provided and that service is not more clearly defined by other business or community uses.
       The term includes the following types:
         Type 1 Office - The use of premises for a commercial business conducted in an office
         environment. The use includes a bank, professional office, travel agent, and estate sales
         office.
         Type 2 Medical - The use of premises for the practice of human medicine and therapies.
         The use class does not include Wellbeing Type 1 Health uses as separately defined.


       Ancillary dwelling unit means the use of premises for a caretaker’s residence or employee
       residence associated with a non-residential use on the same premises where: • There is no
       other dwelling unit on the premises, except where the non-residential use is an agricultural
       use; • The gross floor area of the dwelling unit does not exceed 150m2 ; • The dwelling unit is
       subordinate to the non-residential use; • The dwelling unit is attached to or within 25m of the
       non-residential use; and • The dwelling unit is occupied by the owner of the non-residential
       use or somebody employed in the non-residential use.


The Noosa Plan includes the site in the Noosaville locality and provides the site with a Shire Business
Centre zone - Precinct E4. The table of assessment for the Shire Business Centre zone details that
Commercial Business Type 1 Office and Type 2 Medical and Ancillary Dwelling Unit are
consistent code assessable uses.
The assessment table details that the above uses are is to be assessed against the following codes:
   •    Noosaville Locality Code
   •    Business Uses Code
   •    Residential Uses Code (ancillary dwelling unit only)
   •    Landscaping Code
   •    Engineering Works Codes


4.2.1 Noosaville Locality Code
The proposal has been assessed against the provisions of the Noosaville Locality Code and
generally complies with the outcomes except in relation to height in metres and storeys and Gross
Floor Area. A comparison of the proposal against the Code is included in Appendix G.
Building Height in metres and storeys
The proposal does not comply with provisions relating to building height in metres and storeys. With
regard to the height of the roof, a portion of the pitched roof slightly exceeds the stipulated height of
10 metres by 0.2 m. This height is a direct result of the requirements for additional slab thickness
and internal floor to ceiling heights to cater for the heavy specialist medical equipment. The raking
roof form also contributes to the overall hieght.
The lift shaft extends to 11.3m and is located in the centre of the site so that it is not visible to the
surrounding industrial and commercial areas.




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