MCU14/0056 - Town Planning Report

                                                                                                      town planning
                                                                                                             report

                                                                              Cooroy & Lake Macdonald Locality

Specific Outcomes                                                  Probable solutions                                                     Response

g) Retail business Types 2, 4, 5, 6 or 7
h) Education;
i) Emergency service Type 1;
j) Open space Type 1; or
k) Open space Type 2 where located within the water
catchment area as depicted on the Overlay Map OM 3.5;
l) Wellbeing;
m) All Infrastructure Uses;
n) Multiple housing Types 2, 3, 4 or 5;
o) Visitor Accommodation Types 1, 2 or 3 where located
within the water catchment area as depicted on the Overlay
Map OM 3.5; and
p) Visitor accommodation Type 4.

6.37 Amenity

Sloping sites & ridgelines                                         S81.1 Buildings and associated accessways are not constructed on       Complies – site slope is less than 25% and buildings
O81 Development on sloping sites—                                  land with a slope greater than 1 in 4 (25%); AND                       present as one storey.
a) is responsive to the natural topography of the site and         S81.2 Buildings present no more than 2 storeys at any one point
minimises cut and fill;                                            when viewed from the road or other public space, by stepping the
b) does not visually dominate the hill slope or interrupt the      buildings down the slope or using suspended floor construction;
skyline; and                                                       AND
c) is integrated with the natural site characteristics including
vegetation; AND

O82 The landscape character and visual amenity quality of hill     S82.1 On properties with a slope exceeding 1 in 4 (25%) or located      Buildings will be located below the existing tree line
slopes and ridgelines are retained.                                on ridgelines visible from the major road network the roofline of      as viewed from the Bruce Highway with
                                                                   buildings do not protrude above the ridgeline or tree canopy.          supplementary planting provided where no existing
                                                                   On visually prominent hill slopes or ridgelines buildings should be    trees. The finished treatment of the acoustic fence
                                                                   predominantly finished in colours and materials that blend well with   and landscaping to the Bruce Highway frontage is




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