NOOSA PLAN 2020 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2 - POST PUBLIC NOTIFICATION FOR FINAL STATE GOVERNMENT MINISTERIAL APPROVAL · Report

SPECIAL MEETING                                                                  12 DECEMBER 2024



9. Community Facilities zone
The advertised amendments proposed to allow for affordable housing outcomes in the Community
Facilities zone by allowing relocatable home parks and allowing affordable rental premises, (dual
occupancy and multiple dwellings) as code assessment. A site in Pomona was also proposed for
inclusion in the Community Facilities zone.

Submissions
Most submissions objected to the affordable housing outcomes at Council's site at 62 Lake
Macdonald Drive, Cooroy. Submitters feared socio-economic impacts of higher density housing and
some submitters didn't want land handed over to developers for housing, citing a shortage in
community infrastructure. Other submissions supported the proposed amendments.

A submission was made requesting 10 Sidoni Street Tewantin (former police station) be included in
the Doonella Street Precinct and 3 Grady Street, Kin Kin in the Local Centre zone.

Response
The use of Community Facilities zoned land for affordable housing was a key outcome of Noosa
Housing Strategy, with many community organisations, including faith based, having access to
funding to deliver affordable rental premises. The delivery of affordable housing is more likely to be
delivered by community based organisations on Community Facilities zoned land, rather than the
private sector.

With regard to the scale of development, it is considered reasonable that small developments up to
10 dwellings, being mostly smaller faith-based sites, continue to be code assessment as proposed
by the amendments. However, larger developments of 11 or more dwellings should be impact
assessable to allow for public notification and community input to the development assessment
process.

10 Sidoni Street Tewantin, formerly servicing police purposes, was sold by the State after the
preparation of the proposed amendments. It is understood the new owners have no intention of
using the site for emergency services and the annotation should be removed. The former church
site at 3 Grady Street, Kin Kin may or may not have a future as a community use but the use of a
dwelling is currently inconsistent. The site is large enough for a house at the rear of the former church
building or the existing building could be converted to a house.

Despite the likely outcome being residential on these sites, a zone change is not supported at this
time as it is significant and requires further public notification. However changes to the annotation at
10 Sidoni Street, Tewantin and a change to the table of assessment relating to 3 Grady Street, Kin
Kin are warranted.

Recommendations
It is recommended that a change be made to the proposed amendments in response to submissions
to:
   •   make development up to 10 dwellings code assessable and 11 or more dwellings to be
       impact assessable;
   •   remove the annotation “5 – Emergency Services” from land in the Community Facilities zone
       at 10 Sidoni Street and 87 Poinciana Avenue Tewantin; and
   •   amend the table of assessment to make the uses of dwelling unit and dwelling house
       specifically consistent uses subject to code assessment on 3 Grady Street, Kin Kin (Lot 206
       K6575).

10. Environmental Management and Conservation zone and setbacks
The advertised amendments proposed to include voluntary conservation agreement properties in