PM Submission - Andrew Barber - MCU25/0118

                 From:                     "Andrew Barber" <[email protected]>
                 Sent:                     Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:51:16 +1000
                 To:                       "Mailbox Council Mail" <[email protected]>
                 Subject:                  Submission re Proposed Development at 64 Lake MacDonald drive



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                 In regard to the proposed housing development at 64 Lake MacDonald Drive my wife and I are
                 absolutely opposed to it and appalled at those councillors that have voted in favour of such a
                 ridiculously high-density housing proposal for this location. We have until now, always been
                 impressed with Noosa Council's ability to execute a balance between tourism, residents and the
                 environment but not anymore; we feel utterly betrayed by those councillors responsible (more
                 akin irresponsible). When we bought our house in Dianella Court one of the major selling points
                 was that we would have a forest as one of our neighbours and the fact that the site was zoned
                 as Community ie. NOT Commercial or Residential space. The fact that that neighbour has been
                 sacrificed is abhorrent. Not only were those trees responsible for preventing the leeching of the
                 toxic chemicals present in many areas of landfill, those the trees have now been slaughtered
                 only to be replaced by a level of housing density and design that is totally inappropriate for that
                 location and well outside the character of a hinterland town such as Cooroy but also outside
                 Cooroy Town Plan itself.

                 We, the residents of the immediate and surrounding areas have been continually fed the
                 prospect of "Community Consultation" in regards to the future of Lots 2 and 3 post-
                 remediation, but remediation is currently far from complete yet Council is putting forth a
                 proposal for its development; is this community consultation? It is not! Council
                 should/must effectively consult not insult! I am convinced that Council's proffered community
                 consultation is nothing more than pacifying lip service paid to the ill-fated local residents ie.
                 Council has already decided that this land will be used for housing development; how else can it
                 justify the amount of money spent on the destruction and remediation of this forest site.
                 Money that could have and should have been better spent on the numerous other locations
                 within the Shire which are more suited to this kind of development and its inherent density ie.
                 not smashed into the outskirts of a hinterland town. It must be emphasised that this
                 "proposed" development at 64 Lake MacDonald drive is in ADDITION to another already
                 approved high-density, 'possibly' 3 storey, 25 unit development at Lot1/62 Lake MacDonald
                 Drive. We are not NIMBY's. We understand and agree with the need for Social Housing at Lot1.
                 But enough is enough. Any further housing developments on the remaining sites, and
                 particularly of such high density, is totally ill-conceived and unacceptable.

                 Again, being located on the outskirts of a hinterland town together with the density of the
                 proposed development(s) is both utterly incongruous and unsatisfactory to say the least.




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