MCU14/106 Appendix I - Visual Amenity Integration

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3               Principles & examples of ‘Noosa style’ development
A review of various references to or implications regarding design objectives in the planning scheme
indicates that ‘Noosa style’ development is likely to express a number of complementary principles as
follows:

Table 3-1       Suggested ‘Noosa style’ Principles
    Principle            Key Attributes
    Integration  with           Built form is closely integrated with the landscape (landform and vegetation)
1   environment and              such that neither is visually dominant, but appear in harmony.
    landscape setting
                                Built form is low rise, of a low scale and low density.
                                Built form is not visually prominent within the streetscape and local area.
                                Building materials and finishes ‘complement the Noosaville character and
                                 integrate with the surrounding natural and built environment’ (O21 Planning
                                 Provision).
                         NOTE: In Noosa, there are many examples where visual integration has been
                         achieved as a final outcome, notwithstanding significant site disturbance during
                         construction (eg. excavation into a hillside)




              Figures
            13A & 13B




2   Dominance       of          Built form respects, incorporates and/or avoids removing local native
    local       native           vegetation, with individual trees and clusters of vegetation retained in close
    vegetation in the            proximity to buildings.
    landscape
                                Local native vegetation forms a dominant and consistent landscape feature
                                 which is visible as both a backdrop to development and is integrated within
                                 development sites.
                                Open space areas are retained in their natural bushland state.
                                Landscape treatment forms an extension of nearby bushland areas.




              Figures
            14A & 14B