Response to Information Request [As Published] · 132007.2399

                                                                 Figure 2 – Photograph of a residence
                                                                 fronting a lake at Noosa Springs

Safety Implications
1. Recreational use of lakes within Noosa Springs is
   strictly prohibited.
2. The risk to the safety of children is less serious than a
   swimming pool. A child who falls into a swimming pool
   is immediately at risk of drowning because they are out
   of their depth and need to swim to the pool side. The
   sloping bank provides a foothold for a child even at the
   water edge. The child would need to proceed into the
   water to a depth where they become out of their depth
   and need to swim back for a foothold.
3. Access to the lake is more difficult because the child would first need to climb down
   the boundary retaining wall and proceed down a vegetated bank to the lake edge.
   Whilst not impossible, it is less likely than other design types.
It is noted a large number of residences (greater than 45) already front the lakes of
Noosa Springs in a similar way to those proposed for Precinct J. Furthermore, children do
not use the lakefront banks and the risk of drowning has not been raised as a concern to
date.
The safety measures inherent in the design of the interface between the residential lots
and the Noosa Springs lake, as described above, is acceptable in respect of the risk of
young children drowning.




1.2 Written details and or plans as appropriate detailing any measures to prevent golf
balls impacting on residences.
Appendix 1 comprises a report from GNP Golf Design (golf course architects) providing
further information in respect of this issue. It is confirmed that the following works will be
implemented as recommended in the report:
1. The bunker to the south-west of the 11th green will be modified by making it larger
   and more visible to players. It is noted that this will assist in directing golf play away
   from the residential precincts and catching errant golf balls.
2. Planting trees generally in a corridor pattern will occur on the golf course on the
   residential side of the fairways of the 11th and 18th fairways.
The layout of the proposed development has been designed to minimise the risk of errant
golf balls impacting on the residences.




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