2019-07-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            9 JULY 2019


On 28 April 2017 an application to extend the currency period of the original approval was received
under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. This application was determined at Council’s Ordinary
Meeting on 20 July 2017 where it was determined to refuse the application.
On 29 June 2017 the applicant lodged survey plans for sealing for the first stage of the
development. An Operational Works application had not been made and accordingly no works
required for the plan sealing had been commenced. Council considered the application to have
lapsed as the applicant was unable to comply with an Action Notice which was issued requiring
works in accordance with the higher order approval be completed.
On 7 July 2017 an application to extend the currency period of the original approval was received
under the Planning Act 2016. This application was determined at Council’s Ordinary Meeting on
17 August 2017 where it was determined to refuse the application.
The applicant has appealed both refusals to extend the currency period and the Action Notice for
the Plan Sealing.
3.    SITE DETAILS
3.1. Site Description
The subject site has an area of 110 hectares and is located south of the Noosa Shire Business
Centre. The site is bordered to the northeast by Eenie Creek, to the east by undeveloped land
fronting Lake Weyba, to the south by Hollett Road and the west by rural residential land. The north-
west corner of the site adjoins land developed for detached housing. The site is dissected by Walter
Hay Drive, but no access is permitted from this road, with the site having vehicular access via
Hollett Road. An Energex transmission line and an associated easement traverse the northern
portion of the site.
Topographically the site is largely flat with gently undulating slopes with a mosaic of soil types.
The site currently supports large areas of grasslands that have been actively used for cattle
grazing. The site also supports areas of paperbark forest and eucalypt woodlands and there are a
number of small dams scattered through the central portion of the site.
The site forms part of an area of land that provides a corridor for native wildlife to move between
areas of protected habitat in the locality, including Noosa National Park, Lake Weyba and Tewantin
State Forest. Notably the Regional Ecosystem Map for the site locality identifies the presence of
areas identified as being Essential Habitat for species listed as Endangered, Vulnerable or Rare
pursuant to the Nature Conservation Act. These are wetland habitats which are associated with
Eenie Creek and its tributaries for the Wallum froglet and Wallum rocketfrog. A number of other
significant fauna species also have a high probability of utilising the habitat within the site, including
koalas.




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