Planning report

                                                                                         proposal report




4.0 Development Assessment

4.1 Other Change

Discussions with Council staff indicate that the proposed changes are considered to be an Other
Change. The Planning Act states that the local authority is to consider the following in assessing
and deciding other change applications:

       82(2) For administering the change application, and assessing and deciding the change
       application in the context of the development approval, the relevant provisions apply—
          (a) as if—
             (i) the responsible entity were the assessment manager; and
             (ii) the change application were the original development application, with the changes
             included, but was made when the change application was made; and
          (b) with necessary changes

The proposed other change is assessed against the current Noosa Plan 2020 below.



4.2 Noosa Plan
The Noosa Plan 2020 defines Short term accommodation as:

       a) means the use of premises for

             i) providing accommodation of less than three (3) consecutive months to tourists or
             travellers; or
             ii) a manager’s residence, office, or recreation facilities for the exclusive use of guests,
             if the use is ancillary to the use in subparagraph (i); but

       b) does not include a hotel, nature-based tourism, resort complex or tourist park

The Noosa Plan includes the site in the Coastal Communities Local Plan and provides the site with
a Medium Density Residential zoning. The assessment table for the zone indicates that Short
Term Accommodation uses are impact assessable. Impact assessable applications are required
to be assessed against the entire scheme however the most relevant Codes for assessment
include:

        Coastal Communities Local Plan Code
        Medium Density Residential Zone Code
        Visitor Accommodation Code
        Works Code


Coastal Communities Local Plan Code

The proposal has been reviewed against the Coastal Communities Local Plan Code and is
considered to comply with the Purpose and Overall Outcomes of the Code which include:




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