response to information request

11 April 2019


Billy Glover
Noosa Council
[email protected]



RE:      Response to Information Request (MCU19/0013 & RAL19/0003) – Duplex
         situated at 10 Opal Street, Cooroy

Council issued a further information request on 20 February 2018. The applicant provides
the following additional information in response to the items:

Community Title

    1.    Provide plans of the proposed community title subdivision that includes
         functional common property areas and is consistent with current legislation.

    2.    Provide a draft Community Management Statement or provide comment
         regarding specific items to be included in the future Community Management
         Statement.

A revised subdivision lot layout is attached. The common property areas are to be
maintained over the proposed fence line between the two buildings. Specific items to be
included within the Community Management Statement will refer to the rights to use and
maintenance responsibilities of the respective owners over this common property area.
This will be dealt with at plan sealing stage.

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Built Form

    3. Provide a plan drawn to scale that provides sufficient information to assess site
       cover and gross floor area for the existing dwelling.

    4. Provide amended plans that comply with 40% site cover for the entire site.

    5. Provide amended plans that detail 600mm eaves for the dwelling unit on
       proposed lot.

    6. Provide an amended plan that details a maximum wall length of 15 metres for
       the dwelling unit proposed on lot 2.

Please find attached a revised plan showing the site cover for all buildings on site
represents 42.6% of the 1,009m2 site. A single storey detached house may be built on site
with a site cover of 50% and the New Noosa Plan allows for small dwelling units to be built
with a site cover of 45%.

The relevant outcomes pertaining to site cover seeks for buildings are of a scale
compatible with surrounding development and does not present an appearance of bulk to
adjacent properties, roads or other areas in the vicinity of the site. The proposed detached
duplex unit is located behind the existing house and has a separate access from a different
street frontage. The scale of the proposed unit is a lesser density compared with the
recently constructed town house developments on either side of the new duplex unit.