2015-03-03 Planning & Organisation Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                   3 MARCH 2015


The site is currently vacant with recent earthworks undertaken on the high point of the site to
establish the proposed house site area. Existing vegetation is limited to a strip along the
eastern boundary and scattered trees in the centre of the site.

Access is gained via an easement from Solar Road, which forms part of the Sunshine Coast
Council local government area.
2.3. Surrounding Land Uses
The site adjoins similar sized rural lots. To the north is the Mount Cooroy Conservation Park,
which forms a continuous parcel that contains the majority of the mountain in state
ownership.
3.   ASSESSMENT
3.1. Instruments for Statutory Assessment
Under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 the application must be assessed against each of
the following statutory planning instruments to the extent they are relevant to the
development:
   State Planning Policy;
   the South East Queensland Regional Plan;
   State Planning Regulatory Provisions; and
   The Noosa Plan;
Of these, the statutory planning instruments relevant to this application are discussed in the
sections that follow.
3.2. State and Other Statutory Instruments
State Planning Regulatory Provisions
The proposal is for a single detached house within the Regional Landscape and Rural
Production Area and is consistent with the SEQ Regional Plan Regulatory Provisions.
3.3. Statutory Instruments – Planning Scheme
The subject site is located in the Cooroy & Lake Macdonald Locality and is zoned Rural and
Open Space Conservation. The proposed use is identified as an inconsistent use in the
Open Space Conservation zone and is required to follow an impact assessable application
process.
Locality Provisions
The Overall Outcomes for the Open Space Conservation zone seek the natural
environmental values warranting conservation status are protected and appropriately
managed to the general exclusion of development.
The proposed detached house is to be located more than 40m away from the natural
bushland areas within the Mount Cooroy Conservation Park. The development is also
located within a disturbed part of the site, previously used for agricultural sheds. The
proposal is consistent with development on the adjoining rural zoned lots and includes
adequate separation to the vegetated areas to the north.
Council’s Principal Strategic Planner acknowledges that the current zoning does not reflect
the current tenure and the land exchange with the Mount Cooroy Conservation Park area,
which occurred in 2008. The current round of amendments to The Noosa Plan do not
propose to make any changes to individual zonings of properties and this matter will need to
be addressed in the new Planning Scheme.



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