PM Submission - Geoff Gettons - MCU18/0102.msg

Subject: Proposed Development Application ref MCU18/0102 – Lots 3 & 4 on RP 122928 known as 14 & 16 Mary St Noosaville
From: Geoff Gettons
Date: 2018-09-10T06:27:48+00:00
To: Mailbox Council Mail

We wish to register our objection to the visitor accommodation proposed for lots 3 & 4 on RP 122928 which adjoins the southern boundary of lot 1 on RP 122928 owned by us for 45 years and the site of our home.
Of uppermost concern to us is the request for a reduced rear boundary setback from 6m to 4m coupled with the height of the rear pavilion.  We would be faced with a sheer wall 30m in length and 8m high which, apart from a negative visual impact, is likely to at least partially block cooling south easterly breezes reaching living areas of our home during summer.
The absence of eaves also effectively brings the rear wall closer to the boundary.  No provision has been made for siting of air conditioning units which would be expected to be in operation 24 hours a day; another source of noise.
We do not accept the applicant’s claim that proposed planting of vegetation will offset the setback reduction, nor that a strip of land 4m wide is sufficiently wide enough to establish vegetation dense enough or high enough to provide adequate screening allowing for clearance from buildings to prevent damage.
There is no doubt that noise from the building’s occupants and intrusion of privacy will adversely impact on our day to day living in our home and a reduced boundary setback will only serve to exacerbate the problem.
We urge Council to adhere to the Noosa Plan and not reduce the rear setback requirement.
Geoffrey Gettons & Kay Gettons
6 Ann St
Noosaville