MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object- Linda Suter

                                                                             practice demands that service station facilities be set
                                                                             back a far greater distance from the School.

   2.   The      nearest       structure        on    the       school       The relevance          of this statement           is unclear          and if
        boundary            is the    pump        house for           the    anything demonstrates           the proximity        of the proposed
        school pool                                                          service station        to the School pool facilities               used by
                                                                             toddlers and young children.

   3. The          proposed             service       station           is   Visual distinction       is the least of the concerns that are
        orientated          away from          the school          and       associated      with     the   location      of    a service          station
        towards         the        Eumundi-          Noosa       Road        adjacent      to,     indeed    adjoining,        a School         and     its
        frontage,           providing        visual       distinction        associated health and physical education facilities.
        between both sites.

   4.   The service           station        refuelling       area is        The       Applicant      provides      no    justification     for its
        sufficiently         distanced        from      the     school       assertion      that      the   Development           /tis sufficiently
        boundary which is greater than 25m.                                  distanced from the school boundary which is greater
                                                                             than 25m."


                                                                             In the contrary        we have demonstrated                elsewhere       in
                                                                             this document         that international          and Australian         best
                                                                             practice demands that service station facilities be set
                                                                             back a far greater distance from the School.

   5.   All vehicle access relating                to the service            The relevance of this statement              is once again unclear.
        station      and       future        proposed           Lot     2    The access being off Eumundi-Noosa                     Road, which is
        development            is obtained          via Eumundi.             the same as the access to the School and only a short
        Noosa Road which is more than suitably                               distance      away creates       the    potential         for    increased
        distanced           from     the     school     access off           traffic     queuing      and   obstruction          along       the     short
        Walter Hay Drive.                                                    stretch of road between the two entrances.

   6. A dedicated              pedestrian         pathway        from        Again the relevance of this statement                  is unclear. The
        Walter       Hay       Drive       is proposed.           This       pathway       provides     no additional          protection          for the
        pathway         connects           Walter       Hay      Drive       School children.        Indeed it provides further               unwanted
        directly       to     the     site     and      the      store       opportunity         for children to access the shop, which is
        building,      thus         reducing      any      potential         undoubtedly         the main purpose of the development,
        conflict        between              pedestrians           and       that is to encourage the school children to purchase
        vehicles.                                                            from the shop and increase the profits to the owner
                                                                             at the expense           of - and threat           to -         the School
                                                                             children.


The Applicant       has also failed to respond seriously and comprehensively                                to Council's request for further
information      regarding the Airborne               Hazards in proximity to the School identified                    by Council as an area of
critical importance          to the Development               application:


   Applicant's      Response                      Objectors'      Response

   1. Benzene as an active                        The Applicant provides mere idle assertion in the face of the evidence



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