Development Application part 2 Report and plan REC13/0015

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1.       PROPERTY


         Real Property Description: Lot 136 on MCH978


        Area: 2.415ha


        Zone: Detached Housing


        Overlays:           Biodiversity               Riparian Buffer Area
                            Natural Resources:         Gas Pipeline Buffer


        South East Queensland Regional Plan: Urban Footprint




2.      SITE DESCRIPTION


The subject property is located in the north-western side of Lake Macdonald Drive at the
corner of   Wilgee Court.

A dwelling and several outbuildings stand adjacent to the Lake Macdonald Drive frontage.


The property is connected to the water, sewerage, power and telephone reticulation; with
services located along the Road frontage and adjacent to the property along the northern and
southern boundaries.


Lake Macdonald Drive is       a   well formed bitumen road with     a   concrete footpath   along the
frontage.   The property also has frontage to Blue Wren Place and an un-formed road which
provides access to Blue Wren Place along the southern boundary.

The land is flat to undulating with a watercourse traversing the property from the south to the
north and a watercourse located within the property adjacent to the northern boundary.


The property has been cleared of wooded vegetation in the past for rural purposes with some
planting of exotics adjacent to the house.       There is some riparian vegetation along the two
watercourses.




3.      ADJOINING LAND USES


A residential estate is located along the southern boundary; the adjoining land to the north is a
vacant 2ha lot zoned Detached       Housing and the adjoining land to the west is a Reserve for
Gravel; which is currently vacant and un-used.




4.      PROPOSAL


It is intended to subdivide the subject land to create 4 residential lots fronting Lake Macdonald
Drive and    a   balance Lot as shown on the attached      Proposal Plan attached as Appendix A
(Ref: 10-3032AH).

The 4 residential Lots comprise areas of between          626m2 and 636m2 and the balance Lot
comprises 2.162ha.




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