1 DECLARATION OF OPENING ¶
00:00:00 Councillor Lorentson: Good morning and welcome everyone to the planning and organisation planning and environment committee meeting Tuesday 7th of April and it's now 9.30am. I declare the meeting open. I'd like to firstly begin by an acknowledgement to country. Noosa Council proudly acknowledges and respects Australia's First Nations people and their deep and abiding connection to this country. We pay respect to Kabi Kabi people who are the traditional owners of the lands and borders of the Noosa area and we offer gratitude for their careful custodianship of this unique environment over thousands of years. We pay respect to current and emerging leaders and again to their enduring commitment in pursuing a strong and healthy future for First Nations people. There are no apologies. I note everyone's in attendance. Mayor Wilkie, Deputy Mayor Brian Stockwell, I note Councillor Tom Wegener is online.
2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY ¶
00:01:00 Welcome, Tom. And we have one councillor in the gallery as an observer. Welcome, Councillor Finzel. Before we commence the meeting, I request that everyone have their phones on silent or turned off. And we'll go straight into the meeting. Confirmation of minutes. Can I please have a mover and a seconder? For confirmation of minutes. So moved. Second. Thank you. No discussion. All in favour? Aye. Thank you. That's unanimous. Thank you, Sally. We now go to our one and only report for consideration of the committee this beautiful Tuesday morning. Report 7.1. Planning applications decided by delegated authority.
3 ATTENDANCE & APOLOGIES ¶
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4 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES ¶
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4.1 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES DATED 10 MARCH 2026 ¶
00:02:00 And I welcome to the desk Nadine Gordon for your last, very last meeting. And we're going to sincerely miss you. And welcome also Patrick. Welcome. Can I request, can you give us an overview of the report in front of us? Speaker 2: Certainly. Good morning, councillors. For our only report this round, we have 28 decisions that were issued under delegated authority for the month of February. There are a range of applications from minor extensions to houses in the riparian zone, non-compliance with houses slightly over height by 0.095. We've got extensions to industrial buildings, one reconfiguration of a lot, and some other various changes in operational works.
5 PRESENTATIONS ¶
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6 DEPUTATIONS ¶
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7.1 PLANNING APPLICATIONS DECIDED BY DELEGATED AUTHORITY – FEBRUARY 2026 ¶
00:03:00 28 were considered. 27 were approved. And one was refused. Councillor Lorentson: That's for Nadine. Thank you. Nadine, the question's around the desk. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: The refusal's an interesting one. An early referral response plan. And it was for additions. So this is where we referred it to another agency and they've written a refusal, isn't it? Or is it something different? Speaker 3: The referral agency response that we provide, for it to be properly made an application, it needs to be accompanied by the application that's made to the certifier and their confirmation notice. So in circumstances where they've just come straight to council to get a referral response without first obtaining the confirmation notice from the certifier, we do it as an early referral agency response. It just changes the timeframes and requirements and it's not considered a properly made referral accordance with the Act. Mayor Wilkie: Okay. Speaker 3: Thank you.
00:04:00 Thank you. Can we come across that one, people? Councillor Lorentson: We've been doing it... Speaker 3: For six months, I'd say. Six months, yeah. Councillor Lorentson: Nadine, I note there is an approval for another change to include a unit or short-term accommodation along Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads. Can you walk me through why this extra STA unit was supported? Which one's that, sorry? Is that... Page... Speaker 2: Page... I have a... Is that Noosa Drive? Councillor Lorentson: Noosa Drive. Speaker 2: Yeah. Is that... Yep. TP 12585TC. 5TC. That's the Noosa Blue Resort. Councillor Lorentson: Oh, okay. Speaker 2: Okay. So that was... There was a fair bit going on with the Noosa Blue Resort. There were three applications that were put through. So they have... Sorry. They had an existing caretaker's unit, and as part of that caretaker's unit, they also had a manager's unit.
00:05:00 It's an old approval. It was a bit messy. They wanted to change the caretaker's unit to short-term, and they were still maintaining the manager's unit as well. So Noosa Blue Resort, it's basically... So there was a condition requiring that caretaker's unit to be retained for caretakers, but they still had this manager's unit, which they were using as well. So the manager's unit will be the caretaker's unit? That's right. Councillor Lorentson: Yes. Speaker 2: So it's being retained, and the caretaker's is being able to be used for short-term. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. Mayor Wilkie: Mayor Wilkie? Not that I've noticed in the reporting, but has there been a flood of superseded planning scheme applications for short-term accommodation, as some people feared, and were advocating against the implementation of the planning scheme amendments on that basis? Speaker 3: No, there certainly has not been a flood of applications. If I'm correct, we have had one application, which is yet to be decided.
00:06:00 So even that was in the rural area. Mayor Wilkie: In the rural area. Yeah. Thank you. Councillor Lorentson: I note there is a superseded planning scheme application in the report in front of us, and it was approved for Lumundi Noosa Road, Noosaville, a request for SPS, or Service Industry and Food and Drink Outlet. What was the main reason why this SPS request was supported instead of them using the Noosa Plan 2020? Speaker 3: It's a very detailed question. Bouncy. It's a very detailed answer for a report for noting. It would be preferable to take that offline and to provide you with a response in writing, as I propose to giving you a short response now that might not encompass all the detail that's required. Councillor Lorentson: No, it has. Speaker 3: Thank you. Thank you. Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Happy to move it, Madam Chair. Second. Councillor Lorentson: Would you like to speak to the delegated report? Mayor Wilkie: Thank you, Madam Chair.
00:07:00 Just thank you very much for the ongoing monthly reporting on the shows. Anyone who's interested, the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes under delegated authority. There's a lot of approvals that are happening all the time. And Nadine, on behalf of this Council, thank you very much for your excellent service over many, many years. Your professionalism has been appreciated and will be missed. And we wish you every happiness in the next phase of life. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Agreed. Councillor Lorentson: Anyone else would like to speak? Deputy Mayor Stockwell: Yes, it is an era in two ways. This is the last painting of Orkney and also because Nadine's retiring. She will be missed, particularly for those complex applications like we had for recent hotel development and others where her longstanding expertise. Nadine was here many months ago. And then went to the dark side for a while and came back.
00:08:00 And has been an asset to the organisation. Then I wish you well in all your mountain biking endeavours. Councillor Lorentson: Thank you. And I'm just going to add one small thing, Nadine. I know the community. You are very, very well respected and held in high esteem. And I hope you enjoy your retirement. You so deserve it. You're a hard worker. You are working. And again, really loved it and really respected. So I'm going to miss you. I'll see you at the beach. See you at the beach, absolutely. See you at the beach. And Tom, would you like to say a few words? Speaker 1: Yes, Nadine. My gosh, your reports have been great. It's been a real pleasure to work with you and listen to you and read your reports and debate with you at times. It's just been a real pleasure. You've just been an amazing person, an amazing asset to Lisa Council.
00:09:00 And we hope all the best for you in your retirement. And I'm glad you're retiring while you're still young and vivacious because some people put it off way too long. So go out there and enjoy life. Speaker 2: Thank you. Thank you, Tom. I will. Absolutely. Councillor Finzel: Councillor Finzel. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. Nadine, your contribution to this organisation and the broader community is being well celebrated. And I'd like to just add my thanks for working with you, your technical expertise, your tenacity and your gracious attitude when we've worked on really difficult things through some tumultuous times has been truly appreciated. I wish you all the best. Thank you. And I hope you have a blessed, with your future endeavours and enjoy your retirement, which has been well earned. Thank you so much. Thank you, Karen. Speaker 2: Thank you for the kind words. Good work you've done.
00:10:00 Yes. We will miss you. Thank you. And all the plans. My plans. The first day. Thank you all. Councillor Lorentson: And there are no reports for noting by the committee. There is no confidential session and I now, excuse me, we've got a mover and a seconder, no discussion, any, all those in favour? Unanimous? Tom? Council Wegener? Aye. So that's unanimous, thank you Sally. So I now close the meeting on this beautiful day, it is now 9.41am.
8 REPORTS FOR NOTING BY THE COMMITTEE ¶
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10 MEETING CLOSURE ¶
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