AGENDA - Sunshine Coast Council

Strategy and Planning Committee Agenda 16 February 2011
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The subject site is located within the Caloundra South Core Industrial Area. The applicant
has an existing Planning and Environment Court approval for the reconfiguration of Lot 1 SP
145632 into 20 Core Industry Lots and a Reserve for Environmental Purposes. The approved
Core Industry lots vary in size from 1,263m² to 3,481m². The survey plan for this
development has not been sealed and no works have occurred on the site.
The current application seeks a Section 3.1.6 Preliminary Approval under the Integrated
Planning Act 1997 to override the planning scheme to allow for Low Impact Industry uses to
occur over the approved sites. Essentially, the applicant is requesting the preliminary
approval to allow for a greater variety of business and industry uses to occur over these
smaller lots rather than those more intensive industries permitted by the Core Industry
designation.
The applicant has prepared a Structure Plan and the 345 Pierce Avenue Code, which will
guide future development on the proposed sites, as well as form the ‘Applicable Code’ for the
assessment of future development applications. The proposed 345 Pierce Avenue Structure
Plan also refers to the Low Impact Industry Development Assessment Table of the
Caloundra City Plan 2004 for the relevant level of assessment and codes required for future
land uses.
The application was subject to the public notification process and no submissions were
received.
OFFICER RECOMMENDATION
That Council:
(a) grant a Preliminary Approval, for Application 2007/510006 by RC Rowley and
BA Rowley, to Override the Planning Scheme to Establish a Low Impact
Industry Development at 345 Pierce Ave Bells Creek, described as Lot 1 SP
145632 subject to the conditions of approval as outlined in Appendix A;
(b) find the following are sufficient planning grounds to justify the decision,
despite the conflict with the Planning Scheme:
(i) the lots have already been approved through a code assessable
reconfiguration of a lot application process;
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
the application is consistent with the Desired Environmental Outcomes
of the Caloundra City Plan 2004;
the proposal complies substantially with the relevant codes and policies
of the Caloundra City Plan 2004;
the proposed 345 Pierce Avenue Structure Plan and Code only changes
the level of assessment for future development of the site, all other
codes and policies of the Caloundra City Plan 2004, will still apply to
future development;
the proposed 345 Pierce Avenue Code against which all future
development applications will be assessed upholds all the requirements
of the Caloundra City Plan 2004;
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