TRC Tablelands Regional Council - Agenda
Thursday 01 May 2014
Response This condition is clearly reasonable and relevant considering, the Atherton Shire Planning Scheme's Reconfiguration of a Lot Code, element (v) - "Layout of Future Residential Areas" formed the basis for the above condition, an except of which, is provided below:
As highlighted above, footnotes 1 and 2 provide guidance as to the kind of information that may be requested to confirm compliance with Performance Criteria P1. The above code must also be read in conjunction section 4.1 of the FNQ Regional Plan, which identifies a target average net dwelling density of 12 dwellings per hectare for greenfield developments in Atherton. During the assessment, Council's Planning Officer issued an information request recommending that the Applicants revise the proposed subdivision layout to reflect a density closer to 12 dwellings per hectare, or at a minimum, that they provide a concept plan demonstrating that future subdivision at higher densities can be facilitated by the proposed layout. As the Draft TRC Planning Scheme provides further guidance on the issue, the relevant wording from the draft scheme was included in the information request for the Applicants consideration. In response to the information request the Applicants' advised that they would not be revising the layout, nor did they intend to provide a concept plan as requested. Essentially, the Applicants' response questioned the validity of the exercise in light of the demand for residential lots above the minimum residential lot size. The Applicants' representations suggest that Council officers have conditioned the proposal on the basis of information obtained from the Draft TRC Planning Scheme when in fact the basis for the condition is firmly rooted in the provisions of the current planning instruments, namely the Atherton Shire Planning Scheme (2002) and the FNQ Regional Plan 2009-2031. Page 31