Published Thursday, 14 June, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure
The Honourable Anna Bligh
BLIGH ACTS TO UPHOLD REGIONAL PLAN
June 14, 2007
The State Government has rejected an application for a major $400 million tourism development planned for the Sunshine Coast hamlet of Kin Kin, Deputy Premier and Infrastructure Minister Anna Bligh said today.
Ms Bligh said The Edge development had been rejected on several grounds, primarily because it was planned for rural land outside the SEQ Regional Plan’s Urban Footprint.
She said the large-scale development proposed by Titanium Enterprises also contravened Noosa Shire Council planning guidelines.
Titanium’s plans for the 517ha site include a 100-room hotel, 219 cottages and villas, a Greg Norman-designed golf course, equestrian centre, conference and function facilities, a cooking school and a restaurant.
“The proposal is in direct conflict with the SEQ Regional Plan – the safeguard for our region,” Ms Bligh said.
“In the Noosa hinterland, the plan allows for smaller scale tourism facilities such as farmstays and bed-and-breakfasts. The region just doesn’t have the infrastructure to support a development of this size.
“For example, on peak days the developer estimates almost 3000 people could be on site.
”This is a decision I take reluctantly but it should serve as a line in the sand for developers – the Beattie Government is serious about the SEQ Regional plan.”
The SEQ Regional Plan clearly sets out areas in which major developments can occur, while earmarking other areas where rural land – and the lifestyle of its residents – will be preserved.
Ms Bligh “called in” the development as a matter of State Interest on April 17 to head off a costly court battle between the Noosa council and the developers.
The development application has been the subject of deliberation by numerous agencies since it was lodged in November 2005.
On October 6 last year, the Coordinator-General used powers under the Integrated Planning Act to direct Noosa Shire Council to refuse the application because it did not comply with the SEQ Regional Plan.
NSC refused the application, citing reasons including that the application was in conflict with their own planning scheme. Titanium Enterprises then lodged an appeal with the Planning and Environment Court on March 5, which sparked the State Government call-in.
More information: Deputy Premier’s Office 3224 5982
The State Government has rejected an application for a major $400 million tourism development planned for the Sunshine Coast hamlet of Kin Kin, Deputy Premier and Infrastructure Minister Anna Bligh said today.
Ms Bligh said The Edge development had been rejected on several grounds, primarily because it was planned for rural land outside the SEQ Regional Plan’s Urban Footprint.
She said the large-scale development proposed by Titanium Enterprises also contravened Noosa Shire Council planning guidelines.
Titanium’s plans for the 517ha site include a 100-room hotel, 219 cottages and villas, a Greg Norman-designed golf course, equestrian centre, conference and function facilities, a cooking school and a restaurant.
“The proposal is in direct conflict with the SEQ Regional Plan – the safeguard for our region,” Ms Bligh said.
“In the Noosa hinterland, the plan allows for smaller scale tourism facilities such as farmstays and bed-and-breakfasts. The region just doesn’t have the infrastructure to support a development of this size.
“For example, on peak days the developer estimates almost 3000 people could be on site.
”This is a decision I take reluctantly but it should serve as a line in the sand for developers – the Beattie Government is serious about the SEQ Regional plan.”
The SEQ Regional Plan clearly sets out areas in which major developments can occur, while earmarking other areas where rural land – and the lifestyle of its residents – will be preserved.
Ms Bligh “called in” the development as a matter of State Interest on April 17 to head off a costly court battle between the Noosa council and the developers.
The development application has been the subject of deliberation by numerous agencies since it was lodged in November 2005.
On October 6 last year, the Coordinator-General used powers under the Integrated Planning Act to direct Noosa Shire Council to refuse the application because it did not comply with the SEQ Regional Plan.
NSC refused the application, citing reasons including that the application was in conflict with their own planning scheme. Titanium Enterprises then lodged an appeal with the Planning and Environment Court on March 5, which sparked the State Government call-in.
More information: Deputy Premier’s Office 3224 5982