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BV Investments Pty Ltd (Hancock Prospecting / Rinehart) v Noosa SC

Planning & Environment Court · file 2698 of 2025 · 2025-2026

Settled

What it was about
MCU — dwelling house (beachfront; paired with 2697/2025 next door)
Property or topic
6 Arakoon Crescent Sunshine Beach
Parties
BV Investments Pty Ltd (Hancock Prospecting) v Noosa Shire Council
Consultant
Pivotal Perspective Pty Ltd
How it ended
Council ratified settlement, 2026-05-21
Development application
MCU24/0130

What the record shows

Filed 2025; Council resolved to defend Nov 2025 then agreed to settle on proposed conditions, OM 21 May 2026 item 11.13 (en bloc from GC 12 May 2026). Council had deemed the paired 4 & 6 Arakoon proposal an overdevelopment of the Sunshine Beach site

Before council

Every time council named this appeal on a published agenda. Council does not publish a list of the appeals it runs; it has to name each one on an agenda whenever it decides something about it, usually to take the item into closed session.

MeetingSession
11 November 2025 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda - 11 November 2025 open · ▶ recording
20 November 2025 Ordinary Meeting - 20 November 2025 open · ▶ recording
12 May 2026 General Committee Meeting - 12 May 2026 closed session · ▶ recording
21 May 2026 Ordinary Meeting - 21 May 2026 closed session · ▶ recording

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