Objection 26th July 2020 Application Ref 51938.3225.14

July 26th 2021

Noosa Council
PO Box 141
Tewantin QLD 4565

RE: Application Reference: 51938.3225.14 (or per Noosa Council website 51983.3225.14)

             Unit 9-10/30 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads, Lot 30 on SP307674

   Objection by Michael Hingston - Owner of Unit 20, 30 Hastings Street, Noosa Heads QLD 4567.


Dear Noosa Council

Please let me make this clear I am not anti-development. I myself have an approved plan within council
to renovate my Beach House. Many properties within the complex have maximized their space in a
contemporary manner utilizing the existing footprint; providing appropriately scaled ‘short term
holiday leasing’ as required by councils 2020 Noosa Plan within The Hastings Street precinct. What’s
more this has been achieved without changing the general amenity and with consideration to guests
and other owners.

This objection raises the following issues:

 1. The development is not:

‘Consistent with predominant character of the surrounding area, maintaining visual continuity and
pattern of building and landscape elements in the street’

    -   The applicant’s comparisons to Hastings Street and Noosa Parade streetscapes in response to
        the citing above does not take into account the proposed buildings immediate surroundings,
        that being the internal streetscape of The Hastings. Council should not ignore this aspect of the
        complex.

 2. Loss of Privacy – Privacy screens are not fixed nor the required height

    -   The “Operable timber screens for privacy” shown on the proposed drawings do not comply
        with QDC MP1.1 Design and Siting Standards for Single Detached Housing on lots under
        450sqm which states they must be a maximum 25% opening. Nor do they comply with Noosa
        Plan 2020 Safety and Amenity PO21 acceptable outcome AO21.4 requiring screens to be 1.7m
        permanently fixed screening to avoid potential to overlook private open space or habitable
        windows within 10m.
    -   Further, the notes referring to units 20 and 21 having existing obscure glazing is completely
        incorrect. These windows have clear glazing and thus can be seen into and are NOT obscured.
        Owners of both beach houses have no desire to obscure their glass as it would limit natural
        light which not only gives natural light amenity to those rooms but the hallways they also feed.
    -   The sheer volume of the building will shade adjacent buildings and given close proximity to
        adjacent buildings, there will be a lack of privacy. Obscure glazing or privacy screens should be
        permanently fixed (not moveable) to avoid potential for overlooking into private open space
        or habitable windows within 10 meters.