Response to Information Request - Final 21 March 2024 · MCU23/0096

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The equivalent full-time staff onsite is 150, including staff for the childcare centre. It is
expected that the preliminary approval will provide certainty about this issue, with conditions
to be imposed limiting the maximum number of students to 1150 and the number of
equivalent full-time staff to 150.

Issue – Visual Amenity

Acceptable Outcome AO4 of the Noosaville Local Plan Code requires development adjacent to
the major network, including Eumundi Noosa Road and Walter Hay Drive to incorporate
landscaping that complements the natural species occurring in the local area. The development
proposes a 12-metre-high building and does not include landscaping elements that
complement the existing natural species occurring on the site, or any landscaping measure to
protect or enhance the major road network.

Information Required

3. Provide a landscaping plan that demonstrates how the development provided proposes to
   protect or enhance the major road network.

Response:

The applicant has further considered the provision of landscaping on the site to assist in
maintaining and enhancing the visual amenity outcomes when viewed from Walter Hay Drive
and Eumundi Noosa Road. The existing trees lining Walter Hay Drive currently provide
substantial screening, which make it difficult for passing motorists to look directly into GSLC,
with filtered views only provided.

In terms of the available views towards the proposed PAC, this is primarily from the Eumundi
Noosa Road at the intersection with Walter Hay Drive, at the roundabout. The views from
this location are filtered by the existing trees in the road reserve and the roundabout, which
is also supplemented by trees in the landscaping around the recently constructed staff
carpark area (Area P3).

It is also important that the location of the PAC is well removed from Walter Hay Drive, being
located about 40m from this roadway. Further, the building is orientated generally in a north
south direction and is mostly sleeved by the buildings to the east (Buildings J) and west
(Building K).

To improve the visual amenity outcomes, the PAC has been shifted further towards the
north, while having regard to the existing infrastructure and open space area to the north
that is to be maintained as the courtyard area (refer Attachment 1). The GSLC is very
conscious about maintaining the existing open space areas within the college for use by
students. Consequently, a cautious design approach has been adopted to maintain the



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