180523 - BA4342- Signage Application - Noosa Service Station -V3 · OPW18/0163

5.         STATE AND REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK
           AND ASSESSMENT
5.1.       RELEVANT STATE PLANNING PROVISIONS
5.1.1. The Planning Act 2016
The purpose of the Planning Act is to facilitate the achievement of ecological sustainability by establishing an
efficient, effective, transparent, coordinated and accountable system of land use planning, development
assessment and related matters.
This application includes Operational Works which is assessable development. A Development Approval is
therefore required prior to the erection of the proposed signage.
The Noosa Plan (‘Planning Scheme’) states that the proposed Operational Work is subject to Code
Assessment. Code Assessment is to be undertaken in accordance with Section 45(3) of the Act. An
assessment must be carried out against the assessment benchmarks in the Planning Scheme and have
regard to any matters prescribed by regulation for paragraph 45(3)(b) of the Act.

5.1.2. State Planning Policy
The State Planning Policy (‘SPP’) was introduced on 3 July 2017 as part of a new State planning system.
The SPP defines the Queensland Government’s policies about matters of state interest in land use planning
and development, and provides direction for the preparation of local planning instruments and assessment of
development applications. The SPP also includes assessment benchmarks for some development
applications, if a planning scheme does not appropriately integrate the relevant state interest. It is noted that
there is no declaration as to whether the SPP of 3 July 2017 has been appropriately integrated into the
Planning Scheme.
The SPP provides supporting mapping to assist in spatially representing policies and requirements contained
within the SPP. SPP matters apply to the site, as mapped below, however no SPP assessment benchmarks
are relevant to the assessment of the proposed development (refer to Appendix C). A comprehensive
overlay map of state planning interests is illustrated in Figure 6.
FIGURE 4 – STATE PLANNING POLICY INTERACTIVE MAPPING




                                                      Site




Natural Hazards Risk and Resilience
     Flood hazard area* - Level 1 - Queensland floodplain assessment overlay
     Flood hazard area* - Local Government flood mapping area




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