2019-07-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        9 JULY 2019


Stormwater and Acid Sulphate Soils
The original approval included conditions relating to Stormwater and Acid Sulphate Soils. The
conditions require an Integrated Stormwater Management Plan and an Acid Sulphate Soil and
Groundwater Investigation and Management Plan to be submitted with any application for
Operational Works. The conditions required that the reports be in accordance with the guidelines
that were relevant at the time the decision was made.
Currently officers require preliminary stormwater management plans be provided with the lot
reconfiguration application for assessment. This information is reviewed and considered prior to
an approval being issued to ensure that proposed lot layouts can accommodate the
recommendations and works required in accordance with these types of reports. In this instance
the guidelines referenced in the Acid Sulphate Soils condition requires updating and the
stormwater report may require the lot layout to be amended to accommodate the report
recommendations.
Reconfiguring a Lot Code
With regard to the Reconfiguring a Lot Code the proposal is not consistent with the following overall
outcomes and probable solution:
b)    compatible relationships between land uses;
g)    lots that avoid significant adverse effects on the natural environment and landscape and
      minimise the risk of hazards for people and property;
l)    residential development which is consistent with the developed character of its particular
      neighbourhood;
m)    rural residential development only where it has good levels of convenience and accessibility
      to towns and villages;
16.4 For lots not within a sewerage service area—the lot has sufficient area and other attributes
     to ensure sustainable on-site sewerage disposal
The use of the rural land for the purpose of a residential subdivision is not consistent with
surrounding rural land uses and the rural character of the area. The siting of the proposed
subdivision does not provide for reasonable connectivity with the Noosaville commercial precinct
as residents would be required to initially navigate away from the commercial area.
The planning scheme requires that new lot sizes have a minimum area of 100 hectares. The
approval permits lot sizes that are significantly less than the current planning scheme requirement.
The approved lot sizes are generally 4000m2 in area. The approval included some larger lots
however the maximum lot size is 16.87ha which is considerably smaller than the current 100
hectare requirement.
Council’s consultant Agricultural Scientist has also identified that some locations on the site
exhibited water tables within 0.7m of the surface and that during their site inspection observed
standing water in depressions and surface water expression in seepage zones within the
landscape. Such water tables are problematic for on-site disposal of effluent and special measures
are required to mitigate the likely groundwater contamination by the sewage effluent.
Infrastructure Charges
Adopted Infrastructure Charge Notices No’s 449, 150, 451, 452 were issued according to Stages
1 to 4 with the original approval.
An extension to the sunset clause would not trigger any additional Infrastructure Charge Notices
(ICN’s) as all the networks are already covered by the previously issued ICN’s which continue
automatically.
Timeframe since the original approval
It is important to note that considerable time has lapsed since the original re-zoning of the land in
1998, which has provided the property owner with substantial opportunity to act.

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