MCU14/0056 - Town Planning Report

                                                                                                    town planning
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                                                                            Visitor Accommodation Code

  Specific Outcomes                                                      Probable solutions (if code assessable)

  Mitigation of noise impacts                                            S5.1 Visitor accommodation is not located along parts of the      Complies- Myall Street and Ferrells Road are
  O5 Development is designed and sited to avoid adverse noise            major road network which have a legal speed limit of              60km /hour streets.
  impacts associated with neighbouring noise sources by—                 80km/hr or above, and is setback 40m from the North Coast
  a) locating the use away from major noise sources such as busy         railway line.
  roads or rail corridors: or
  b) applying appropriate noise attenuation measures into the
  development.

  Ancillary recreation uses                                              S6.1 If the use involves ancillary use of outdoor courts          N/A
  O6 Ancillary recreation uses, such as outdoor tennis courts and half   including tennis courts, half courts and netball courts—the
  netball courts, do not have an adverse effect on the amenity           use complies with the requirements in Section 2 of PSP8
  enjoyed by users of adjacent or nearby premises nor do they cause      Tennis and Other Courts; AND
  unreasonable disturbance to local fauna through light emissions,
                                                                         S6.2 A 3m wide landscaped buffer is provided between the          N/A
  by ensuring that lighting devices are limited to those designed
                                                                         tennis court and any boundary of the site; AND
  and installed to:
  a) minimise light spillage on neighbouring premises;                   S6.3 Any lit tennis court or sports court is located at least     N/A
  b) preserve an acceptable degree of lighting amenity at the            60m from the external wall of an existing or approved
  neighbouring premises;                                                 residential dwelling on an adjacent or nearby lot (as
  c) provide covers or shading around lights;                            measured from the centre line of the court); AND
  d) direct lights downwards;
                                                                         S6.4 The vertical illumination resulting from direct, reflected   N/A
  e) position lights away from possibly affected areas; and
                                                                         or other incidental light emanating from the site does not
  f) enable brightness of lights to be adjusted to low levels.
                                                                         exceed 8 lux when measured at any point 1.5m outside the
                                                                         boundary and at any level from ground level upward; AND
  AND
  O7 Noise originating from the use of the tennis court does not         S6.5 Any flood lighting is restricted to the types that give no   N/A
  have a detrimental effect on the amenity of the area or cause          upward component of light where mounted horizontally (i.e.
  nuisance to neighbouring residents.                                    a full cut off luminare).

                                                                         S7.1 The court is not used between the hours of 10:00pm           N/A




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