Heritage Impact Assessment

Heritage Impact Assessment for relocation of Character House (Rev. C)
45 Maple Street, Cooroy
For: Medicentre No. 2 Pty Ltd



         While it is acknowledged that Maple Street was one of the earliest established thoroughfares in
         Cooroy township and originally comprises an array of houses and commercial buildings from the early
         portion of the twentieth century, it is noted that this original traditional character – as identified and
         quantified in the Character Area mapping within the Heritage overlay – has been progressively
         dissipated over the years by the introduction of larger scale health services and other commercial
         building types as well as contemporary residences in the area proximate to the subject site. It is
         considered that this progressive transition in the land use mix and corresponding streetscape
         character within the northern portion of the Maple Street streetscape is also reflected in the non-
         residential Community Services zone mapped along this streetscape – see Figure 2 following.

         Nevertheless it is noted that the mapping of the Maple Street Character Area within the Heritage
         overlay necessitates a more detailed analysis of both the subject house itself and the streetscape
         setting that it exists within.




Figure 1: Traditional building character overlay Base topographical / cadastral mapping for the surrounding precinct of Cooroy with
the boundaries of subject site highlighted / site area shaded at image centre. Note that the alignment of Maple Street effectively
follows that of the adjoining ridgeline further to the south however the street frontage of the subject site comprises approx.. 2
metres of crossfall from south to north as Maple Street curves towards the intersection with Myall Street. (Source: Noosa Council)



19125 / Maple                                                                                                                         5