2017-06-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                            6 JUNE 2017


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 Policies
The State Planning Policy April 2016 identifies issues of State significance that must be
considered in the assessment of new development. The proposal triggers assessment against
the Policy’s Interim Development Assessment Guidelines regarding biodiversity and natural
hazards risk. These issues are discussed further at section of this report
South East Queensland (SEQ) Regional Plan 2009 - 2031
The site is located within the Urban Footprint area of the SEQ Regional Plan. The proposal is
consistent with the regional policies of the SEQ Regional Plan.
State Planning Regulatory Provisions
The following State Planning Regulatory Provisions apply to the application:
    SEQ Regional Plan Regulatory Provisions
    SEQ Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions
    SEQ Regional Plan Regulatory Provisions
      The proposal is for an urban activity within the Urban Footprint and is consistent with the
      SEQ Regional Plan Regulatory Provisions.
    SEQ Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions
      The site is within a Koala Assessable Development Area mapped under the SEQ Koala
      Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provision (SPRP) and is subject to the
      assessment provisions of Table 7. An assessment against the SPRP Table 7 is provided
      below.
 Table 7, Column 2 - Assessment Criteria           Assessment
 1. To the extent the premises is outside the      Not Applicable.
    Urban Footprint and not in an urban area       The development is inside the urban footprint and in
    under a planning scheme, site design does      an identified urban area under The Noosa Plan.
    not result in the clearing of non-juvenile
    koala habitat trees in areas of bushland
    habitat.
 2. To the extent the premises is inside the       Can Comply.
    Urban Footprint, site design must avoid        The development will involve the clearing of
    clearing non-juvenile koala habitat trees in   approximately 1.01ha of mapped Koala Bushland
    areas of bushland habitat, with any            Habitat to facilitate the proposed footprint. The Noosa
    unavoidable clearing minimised and offset in   Civic Master Plan anticipates clearing within the
    accordance with the Offsets for Net Gain of    proposed development site. The development
    Koala Habitat in South East Queensland         proposes the clearing is offset in accordance with the
    Policy at a ratio of five new koala habitat    Koala SPRP.
    trees for every one non-juvenile koala
    habitat tree removed or an equivalent cash
    contribution.
 3. Site design must avoid clearing non-juvenile   The SPRP mapping does not identify the site as
    koala habitat trees in areas of high value     containing high value rehabilitation habitat and
    rehabilitation habitat, and medium value       medium value rehabilitation habitat.
    rehabilitation habitat, with any unavoidable
    clearing minimised and offset in accordance
    with the Offsets for Net Gain of Koala
    Habitat in South East Queensland Policy at
    a ratio of five new koala habitat trees for
    every one non-juvenile koala habitat tree
    removed or an equivalent cash contribution.

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