Meeting papers

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                           14 AUGUST 2023



The applicant has also not sufficiently demonstrated how they will achieve and retain the site for
affordable housing as defined in the scheme with the proposed ‘10 plus 10 year’ time frame providing
a limited period for the affordable housing to be used on the site.

Many residents in the surrounding rural residential area have also written individual letters of
objection to the development given its proposed density, as the development would not have been
reasonably expected when residents chose to settle in this area, many choosing a larger property
for its separation afforded from neighbours and its natural setting. While a large number of letters in
support for the proposed development have also been received by Council, these are largely
proforma style, with many of these coming from outside of Cooroy or the Shire.

The detailed assessment of the development application has concluded that despite the proposal’s
purported benefits, these benefits do not outweigh the significant conflicts identified with the Noosa
Plan 2020 and Noosa Housing Strategy 2022 and therefore the application is recommended to be
refused.
RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Acting Coordinator Planning to the Planning & Environment
Committee Meeting dated 8 August 2023 regarding Application No. MCU22/0039 for a Development
Permit for Material Change of Use – Relocatable Home Park (Community & Affordable Housing),
situated at 55 & 70 Carpenters Rd Cooroy and:

A.   Refuse the application for the following reasons:

1. The proposed development is contrary to Section 3.2.2 of the Strategic Intent and Sections
3.3.1(b), (f) and 3.3.3 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (k) of the Strategic Outcomes of the Noosa Plan
2020 as:
     a. The proposed development is located outside the Urban Boundary, intrudes into a rural
        residential area, and does not integrate well with the existing settlement pattern and the
        broader urban areas of the Cooroy community.
     b. The land is not suited or designated for the proposed housing form.
     c. The land is located in the vicinity of industrial land uses and industrial zoned land that has
        the potential to impact the amenity of residents.
     d. The proposed development is likely to inhibit the development and future use of 70
        Carpenters Road and land zoned Low Impact Industry in Jarrah Street due to potential
        reverse amenity impacts.
     e. The proposed development will need to provide its own infrastructure and is located outside
        the Priority Infrastructure Area.

2. The proposed development is contrary to Overall Outcomes 2(b), (j), (l), (p), and PO14 of the
Local Plan Code for Cooroy which details that development is to be limited to land within the urban
boundary. The site is located outside the urban boundary and does not respond or integrate well
with Cooroy’s country town feel, with attached housing planned close to the town centre and low to
medium density semi-attached housing dispersed through existing residential neighbourhoods.

3. The proposal is contrary to the Rural Residential Zone Code as the development will not result
in a high level of amenity for residents and it does not achieve the zoning intent for houses on larger
lots.

4.   The proposal is contrary to the Overall Outcomes 2(c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) and PO1, AO1.1,
AO1.2, AO1.3, AO1.4, PO4, AO4, PO6, PO7 and PO9 of the Special Residential Zone Code as:




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