2019-07-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         9 JULY 2019




                                        Figure 1: Locality Plan

3.2. Surrounding Land Uses
The land abuts a mix of residential, rural, open space conservation and community services land
uses. A number of parcels of Bushland Reserve associated with the Noosa Business Centre and
the residential estate accessed via Lake Entrance Boulevard are adjacent the northern boundary.
A number of detached housing lots along Lake Entrance Boulevard also abut the northern
boundaries of the site, though there is no direct road link from that estate to the subject site.
Directly to the west of the site are rural residential lots accessed via Hollett Road and the Noosa
Par 3 Golf Course. A large (321.9ha) Council-owned allotment sits to the south-east of the site.
The Noosa refuse station is located in its south-eastern corner but majority of the lot is undeveloped
and a portion is dedicated as nature refuge (known as Weyba Nature Refuge).
Densely vegetated rural zoned land holdings are located to the east of the site. Weyba Downs
residential estate is to the south-west of the site and comprises a mix rural-residential and rural
lots.
4.    ASSESSMENT
4.1. 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 proposed
      change does not materially alter the proposed layout or result in additional works not
      considered to form part of the original application;
    the change does not include prohibited development;
    the change would not require the application to be referred to an additional referral agency
      or cause a referral agency to have regard to new matters prescribed by regulation;
    where the original application was code assessable, the change would not cause the
      application to become impact assessable.

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