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Item 8.2.2023-08-17 · OrdinaryOfficial item record

Planning & Environment Committee Report - 8 August 2023

Final resolution: Carried

That the report of the Planning & Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 be received and the recommendations therein be adopted except where dealt with by separate resolution. Carried unanimously. Full wording ↓

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Final supported resolution

That the report of the Planning & Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 be received and the recommendations therein be adopted except where dealt with by separate resolution. 

Carried unanimously.

Official item minutes · Event 2

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1Council ResolutionCarried

Moved: Frank Wilkie · Seconded: Clare Stewart

That Council note the report by the Manager Development Assessment to the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 8 August 2023 regarding planning applications that have been decided by delegated authority.

Carried unanimously.

Official minutes · section 27

2Council ResolutionCarried

Moved: Frank Wilkie · Seconded: Clare Stewart

That the report of the Planning & Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 be received and the recommendations therein be adopted except where dealt with by separate resolution. 

Carried unanimously.

Official minutes · section 33

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ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES 
 
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Councillor Tom Wegener (Chair)
Councillor Clare Stewart
Councillor Brian Stockwell
 
NON COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Councillor Amelia Lorentson
Councillor Frank Wilkie
 
EXECUTIVE
Acting Chief Executive Officer Larry Sengstock
Director Strategy and Environment and Sustainable Development Kim Rawlings
Director Development & Regulation Richard MacGillivray
Acting Director Infrastructure Services Shaun Walsh
 
APOLOGIES
Councillor Karen Finzel
 
 
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL
 
 
5.1.    EASTERN BEACHES FORESHORE RESERVES MANAGEMENT PLAN - COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OVERVIEW AND PROPOSED CHANGES
 
That Planning and Environment Committee Agenda Item 1 be referred to the General Committee due to the significance of the issue.

 
5.2.    MCU22/0039 – APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE - RELOCATABLE HOME PARK (COMMUNITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING - 32 DWELLINGS) AT 55 AND 70 CARPENTERS RD, COOROY
 
That Planning and Environment Committee Agenda Item 2 be referred to the General Committee due to the significance of the issue and for further information.
 


5.3.    THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS POLICY REVIEW
 
That Planning & Environment Committee Agenda Item 3 be referred to the General Committee due to the significance of the issue.


6.1.    PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY JUNE 2023
In accordance with Chapter 5B of the Local Government Act 2009, Cr Stockwell provided the following declaration to the meeting of a prescribed conflict of interest in this matter:
I, Cr Stockwell declare I have a prescribed conflict of interest in this matter as follows: Suncoast Building Approvals is identified as the applicant in number 18 for Development Application EXE23/0016. I contracted Suncoast Building Approvals to undertake Building Certification for my proposed residence in Boreen Point on the 29 November 2021. This process is currently underway. The total fees associated with the completion of the certification and inspection regime is $5,904 which includes Noosa Council Plumbing and Drainage fees. As a result of my conflict of interest I will now leave the meeting room while the matter is considered and voted on.
Cr Stockwell left the meeting.
Council Resolution
Moved:       Cr Frank Wilkie
Seconded: Cr Clare Stewart
That Council note the report by the Manager Development Assessment to the Planning & Environment Committee Meeting dated 8 August 2023 regarding planning applications that have been decided by delegated authority.
Carried unanimously.
Cr Stockwell returned to the meeting.

Council Resolution
Moved:        Cr Frank Wilkie
Seconded:  Cr Clare Stewart
That the report of the Planning & Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 be received and the recommendations therein be adopted except where dealt with by separate resolution. 
Carried unanimously.







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Amelia Lorentson23:28
Like to move a motion that Council note the report by the acting coordinator planning to the planning I'd like and environment committee meeting dated 8 August 2023 regarding application MCU-0039 for Material Change of Use relocatable home park community and affordable housing 32 dwellings at 55 and 70 Carpenters Road, Cooroy and deferred the decision for the application to a future meeting to allow the applicant additional time to provide further information about the proposal. Happy to speak with you. Thank you, Councillor Finzel. I've made this request on behalf of the applicant Mr Greg Phipps. As most of as you are aware, the applicant's been working on this project or this development application for over two years. To date, he has spent out of his own money $120,000. $90,000 for external consultants and $30,000. In his staff cost. He would like the opportunity to bring additional information to staff and the Councillors before a final decision is made. On monday's General Committee, staff and Councillors raised some concerns including but not limited to land tenure. The planners were unsure. How the site will be maintained in perpetuity and what the land tenure arrangements were proposed. Also, staff required more details regarding infrastructure plans. The applicant has requested the opportunity to provide this information to staff and councillors. Again, his investment to date is $120,000 and time out of his life, two years, on a project that there is no personal gain. Greg Phipps has sacrificed his time and money on a bona fide community and affordable housing project to provide housing for those disadvantaged and low-income earning groups, such as single women over the age of 50, and families and individuals suffering from domestic violence. It is not every day that a private landowner offers 2.431 hectares of underutilised lazy land in Cooroy. To accommodate community and affordable housing. And it's not every day that you meet a Greg Phipps. I believe what is being requested is fair and reasonable, given the significant amount of money the applicant has spent on this application and the time he has invested. I ask everyone around this table today to do the right thing and support this motion and allow Mr Phipps some more time to provide additional information to staff and Councillors and have the decision today deferred to a future meeting.
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