Planning Report

                                                                                                                    proposal report




4.0 Planning assessment
4.1 Noosa Plan 2020
The site is included in the Noosaville locality and is zoned Low Impact Industry in accordance with
the Noosa Plan 2020. The applicant proposes to develop the site for a Warehouse and Caretaker’s
Accommodation which is defined as:

             Warehouse means the use of premises for-
                a)    storing or distributing goods, whether or not carried out in a building; or
                b)    the wholesale of goods, if the use is ancillary to the use in paragraph (a).

             Caretaker’s accommodation means the use of premises for a dwelling for a caretaker of
             a non-residential use on the same premises.

A Warehouse and Caretakers Accommodation are consistent code assessable uses in the Low
Impact industry zone in which the site is contained. The Noosa Plan details that the following codes
are applicable:

       a) Noosaville Local Plan Code;
       b) Low impact Industry Code;
       c) Caretakers Accommodation, Dwelling unit and Rural Workers Accommodation Code
       d) Industry Activities Code; and
       e) Works Codes

4.2.1 Noosaville Local Plan Code
Refer Appendix C. It is noted that the proposal does not comply with the front and rear boundaries
and justification is provided in Appendix C.


4.2.2 Low Impact Industry Code
Refer Appendix D.


4.2.3 Caretaker’s Accommodation, Dwelling Unit and Rural Workers Accommodation
Code
The proposal has been reviewed against the provisions of the code in the table below:

 Performance Outcomes                              Acceptable Outcomes                         Proposal Compliance
 PO1                                               AO1.1
 Development does not compromise                   A dwelling unit does not occur within       Not applicable - not a dwelling unit
 the operation or viability of existing or         100 metres of land within the Low
 planned non-residential uses.                     Impact Industry zone or the Medium
                                                   Impact Industry zone.
 PO2                                               AO2.1
 Caretaker’s accommodation is used                 In the Rural zone, caretaker’s              Not applicable – not in a rural zone.
 for bona fide caretaking or property              accommodation is:
 management purposes such that:
                                                   a)     located within 50 metres of the
 a) in the Rural zone, caretaker’s                        primary use of the site, for which
    accommodation is required                             the caretaker is responsible;
    because of the need to caretake




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