MCU14/106 Appendix I - Visual Amenity Integration

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents                                                                  1
1    Introduction                                                                  1
     1.1     Purpose of Report                                                     1
     1.2     Background                                                            1
             1.2.1   Planning Context                                              1
             1.2.2   Proposed Development                                          1
             1.2.3   Shire Business Centre Development Scenario                    3
2    Character context and visual integration capacity                             4
     2.1     Noosa Landscape Character Context                                     4
     2.2     Shire Business Centre                                                 4
     2.3     Site Description                                                      5
     2.4     Screening/visual integration capacity                                 6
     2.5     Visibility Analysis                                                   7
3    Principles & examples of ‘Noosa style’ development                           11
             Table 3-1Suggested ‘Noosa style’ Principles                          11
4    Evaluation against ‘Noosa style’ Principles                                  14
             Principle 1: Integration with environment and landscape setting      14
             Principle 2: Dominance of local native vegetation in the landscape   15
             Principle 3: Responsiveness to existing site features                16
             Principle 4: Informal setting                                        16
             Principle 5: High quality                                            16
             Principle 6: Strong indoor/outdoor relationships                     17
             Principle 7: Sweeping road pattern and roundabouts                   17
             Principle 8: Sustainable and environmentally-sensitive development   17
             Summary                                                              17