MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Nadine Love

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              benzene particulates to     separation distance alone is more than sufficient to neutralise I
              such a degree and to be     dilute any minor trace benzene particulates to such a degree and
              undetectable.               to be undetectable." This assertion is no more than an
                                          unsubstantiated opinion and insufficient grounds on which to
                                          approve the Development given that the setback distances
                                          proposed in this development do not come close to meeting best
                                          practice either here, in Australia, or overseas.

                                          The Precautionary Principle demands that, particularly in relation
                                          to young children, we address possible risks where scientific
                                          understanding is yet incomplete in a way that is not harmful. In the
                                          absence of scientific consensus that the Development is not
                                          harmful, the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on the
                                          Developer and the Property Owner. The Applicant provides no
                                          such evidence or assurance and in all the circumstances the
                                          Development must be rejected.

           Conclusion
           The Noosa Biosphere Reserve is sought after and special because of its natural beauty, range
           of plants and animals, the committed groups who look after it - and the community that strives
           towards becoming a healthy community in a healthy environment that can be enjoyed for
           generations.

           As parents we have chosen this environment in which to raise and school our children because
           of the specific nature and life-style the Noosa Biosphere has to offer. It ill behoves a Developer,
           from outside of our community, with very different values, to pillage our prized neighbourhood
           and strip our children of the clean, green, safe privilege we have sought out for them.

           A petrol station does not belong adjacent to our school.

           Indeed our children have raised concerns for the frogmouth owls, possums, grey egrets,
           whistling tree frogs, rosella, plovers, green tree snakes, ducks and lizards that frequent the
           Good Shepherd Lutheran College's grounds, should there be an increase in traffic and a
           hazardous increase in air pollution and poisonous fumes.

           For all these reasons the proposed development application is NOT Compatible with other uses
           and works. It:

              a. DOES NOT Maintain the safety of people, specifically children and works;

              b. DOES NOT Avoid significant adverse impacts on the amenity enjoyed by users of other
                 premises, specifically children, including acoustic and health and well being qualities;

              c. DOES NOT Avoid significant adverse effects on the natural environment, including
                 native habitat removal, fragmentation and attrition and

              d. DOES NOT avoid significant adverse impacts on, and compromises, the amenity
                 enjoyed by the users of other premises in the adjoining Community Services, Housing
                 and Open-space Recreations Zones.



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