2019-07-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     9 JULY 2019


A substantial development known as ‘Carramar Noosa Homes’ is currently located on the site. The
complex has been operating over a number of years with several extensions progressively being
added to the facility. The existing development consists of 142 residential rooms containing one
bed, including a special care dementia building containing 32 rooms, and ancillary features
including a community centre, staff building and administration building, which the applicant
advises amounts to 9093m2 in gross floor area and approximately 19% site cover.
A Preliminary Approval for a Material Change of Use Multiple Housing Type 3 Retirement and
Special Needs was issued 21 August 2018. The original application was for an additional 48 beds
in 6 accommodation villas. The Preliminary Approval was issued due to the identification of
development constraints related to the habitat of the threatened Swamp Crayfish, flooding, wetland
vegetation and car parking.
The applicant suspended the appeal period on 31 August 2018 and made representations on 2
October 2018. The representations sought a Negotiated Decision Notice to change the decision
type from a Preliminary Approval to a Development Permit for a Material Change of Use and amend
conditions 1. The representations were approved on 15 November 2018 with an amended layout
providing for an additional 32 beds in 4 accommodation villas.
2.1. Site Description
The site is an irregular shaped parcel of land and comprises an area of 4.43 hectares. The site
slopes gently from the western boundary down to the eastern boundary towards a well vegetated
watercourse which forms part of the open space system in the surrounding Noosa Parkland estate.
This area is well vegetated with a range of melaleuca, casuarina and eucalypt species, with some
limited areas of mown grass. Land to the west, north and east is zoned for residential development
and contains residential dwellings of one to two storeys. The eastern boundary adjoins parkland,
with Wooroi State Forest located opposite the site on the southern side of Cooroy Noosa Road.
3.   ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Planning Act 2016 the application must be assessed against each of the following
statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the development:
   State Planning Policy;
   South East Queensland Regional Plan;
   Planning Regulation 2017;
   The Noosa Plan.
The following codes from the Noosa Plan are applicable to this development:
   Tewantin and Doonan Locality Code
   Residential Uses Code
   Landscaping Code
   Engineering Works Codes (including Driveways and Carparking Code)
3.2. Statutory Process
The applicant has requested to make a minor change to a development approval under s78 of the
Planning Act 2016. An application for a minor change to a development approval can only be made
in circumstances where a change would constitute a ‘minor change’.
The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is determined to
constitute a minor change on the grounds that:
   the development would not result in substantially different development as the number of
     rooms is remaining as originally approved;

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