Development Application part 2 Planning Report MCU13/0051

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                                                                                                     mature vegetation to reduce
                                                                                                     amenity impacts.

                                                                                                     The        facility     is      also    located
                                                                                                     within approximately 270 m of
                                                                                                     a    residential           dwelling to the
                                                                                                     south east in              a neighbouring

                                                                                                     property. The location of the
                                                                                                     facility amongst areas of
                                                                                                     mature vegetation and the
                                                                                                     backdrop      of      existing
                                                                                                     ridgelines    will  assist   in
                                                                                                     minimising visual      amenity
                                                                                                     impacts to this property.
                                                                                                     Additionally, the height of the
                                                                                                     facility has been restricted to
                                                                                                     35m             to     further          reduce
                                                                                                     impacts.

                                                                                                     The subject site has also been
                                                                                                     setback                from            significant
                                                                                                     transport routes, including 700m
                                                                                                     from           Coles    Creek          Road   and
                                                                                                     more            than    900m           Schreibers
                                                                                                     Road.


                                                                                                     Beyond               these        properties,
                                                                                                     other sensitive land uses are
                                                                                                     well       removed from the site
                                                                                                     including            the     Cooran        State
                                                                                                     School            which          is     located
                                                                                                     approximately 3.2km away.

                                                                                                     Therefore              the
                                                                                                                     proposal is
                                                                                                     considered         effectively
                                                                                                                                to
                                                                                                     mitigate potential   amenity
                                                                                                     impacts and complies with
                                                                                                     031.

032 Vehicular access to the site 53.1. Vehicle                         access       to    the 032         Complies.
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of the Infrastructure Use does infrastructure                       is    gained         from The          subject site will      be
not adversely impact on                            roads other than local                            accessed via an existing cross-
residential amenity.                               residential   streets to maintain                 over off Coles Creek                   Road and
                                                   residential amenity.                              internal         access         track. NBN Co
                                                                                                     proposes to utilise the existing
                                                                                                     cross overand access track to
                                                                                                     the        proposed             facility    during
                                                                                                     construction and operation. Any
                                                                                                     traffic impacts associated with
                                                                                                     construction will be of a short-
                                                                                                     term duration.


                                                                                                     The site access is considered to
                                                                                                     be  appropriate given the NBN
                                                                                                     Co    facility will not be a
                                                                                                     significant generator of traffic
                                                                                                     and    is    not  anticipated to
                                                                                                     adversely      impact    on   the
                                                                                                     surrounding road network or