Cover Letter and Assessment

The access track to the house site is also largely existing, apart from the initial extent which must be
moved to rectify the existing encroachment on the adjoining lot. This would be required whether the
house was setback 10m or 100m. Access arrangements are shown in Attachment E at the conclusion
of this report.

The application is triggered solely due to the proposed removal of vegetation in a biodiversity overlay
area. In addition to the new crossover and driveway track, the proposal will only require the removal
of four larger trees on the house site which are also shown in Attachment E. Please note, as it is
currently proposed the net overall loss of vegetation is lessoned by locating the house and effluent
disposal area as indicated.

2.       SITE DETAILS
The subject site is 39,834m2 (almost 4ha) in area and zoned Rural under the current Noosa Plan 2020.
The site is surrounded by Rural zoned land of varying sizes also largely improved by single detached
dwellings. The following overlays apply to the site:
     •    Bushfire
     •    Environment (enhance or protect)
     •    Riparian buffer area
     •    Slide hazard
     •    Core koala habitat




Figure 1. Locality Plan