Town Planning Assessment Report

5.2.    Assessment Benchmarks Related to the Planning Regulation 2017

The Planning Regulation 2017 (the Regulation) prescribes assessment benchmarks that the
application must be carried out against, which are additional or alternative to the assessment
benchmarks contained in council’s Planning Scheme. These assessment benchmarks may be contained
within:
    • the Regional Plan;
    • Part E of the State Planning Policy, to the extent they are not appropriately integrated into the
        Planning Scheme; and
    • Schedule 10 of the Regulation.

An assessment against the applicable benchmarks contained within the Planning Regulation is
provided below:

SEQ Regional Plan

The subject site is located within the Urban Footprint under the SEQ Regional Plan (SEQRP). The
proposed food and drink outlet is consistent with the goals, elements and strategies for the Urban
Footprint designation.

Part E of the State Planning Policy

The current State Planning Policy (SPP) commenced on 3 July 2017. The State interests relating to
development assessment are set out in Part E of the document and are under five broad themes.
There are no SPP assessment benchmarks that apply to the subject site and development.

Schedule 10 of the Regulation

The proposal does not trigger referral to any agencies or assessment against any of the benchmarks
contained with Schedule 10 of the regulation.


5.3.    Assessment Benchmarks Relating to the Planning Scheme

        5.3.1. Definition

The Noosa Plan 2020 defines a Food and Drink Outlet as follows:

Food and drink outlet means the use of premises for—
a) preparing and selling food and drink for consumption on or off the premises; or
b) providing liquor for consumption on the premises, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph
    (a).


        5.3.2. Level of Assessment and Assessment Requirements

The site is a located within the Local Centre Zone and the Hinterland Villages Local Plan Area under
the Noosa Plan 2020. Pursuant to Table 5.5.7 of the Planning Scheme, the proposed Food and drink
outlet is ‘code assessable’.

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