Noosa VMU RFI Response Lodged 23.11.23 · MCU23/0078

    visual buffer and backdrop in the west to the buildings that line the Village Green. Additionally,
    the Noosa Business Centre is bounded by significant retained open space buffers to the entire
    extent of Eenie Creek Road and Walter Hay Drive.

33. Item 33 is a repeat of Item 32.   Refer to our response above at Item 32.

34. Refer to our response above at Item 32.


35. As noted in our Item 32 response, the development primarily fronts Main St and the common
    boundary with the future Transit Centre to the north and consists of a series of mixed use two and
    three storey building elements that both activate and present to the street.

    Built form consisting of 3 storeys on the east side of Main Street whether mixed-use or wholly
    residential use comprises four buildings directly engaged with the lot boundary of Main St and onto
    a 5m wide high quality landscaped footpath with street trees underplanting and seating zones. Four
    individual buildings are connected either by recessed shared landscaped courts to access the upper
    levels of the residential units or alternatively in the central location are separated by a landscaped
    courtyard that provided direct east west access to the Village Green across Main St or to future
    development in the residual area of Lot 7 to the east.
    The location of shops, cafes and services along Main Street, recessed landscape entry courts that
    provide meeting opportunities that activate the footpath and upper-level balconies that overlook
    the Main St combine with the built form outlined in the response to Item 4 to appropriately
    respond to PO 24.



    Built form consisting of 3 storeys on the west side of Main Street, both directly sleeved to the
    supermarket on the south of the Village Green and the eastern most pavilion building to the north
    of the Village Green, have a similar mixture of uses, a scale, architectural language, materiality and
    extent of activation and landscape as that described previously for the eastern side of Main St.
    These buildings also respond appropriately to the requirements of PO 24 and when combined they
    provide a highly focused activated high quality pedestrian precinct in the middle of Main St and
    appropriately integrated with the Village Green civic spine.



    In respect of development at the northern end of Main St being defined as a key corner site, it is
    important to note that this development is situated in the Business Park 5A Precinct which has
    direct overview and pedestrian connection to a Future Transit Centre to the north and proposed
    east-west connectivity to the existing Noosa Civic retail centre and Main St. The two pavilion
    buildings adopt design principles that have been effected on the Lot 22 Medihub development
    currently under construction at the NBC. These buildings are intended for multiple business or
    medical tenants and are primarily designed for a primary access using a full “wrap-around” upper-
    level perimeter balcony and a ground level external walkway. These balconies are connected by a
    landscaped court and arbour entries that provide covered access to lifts and stairs. This landscaped
    courtyard is visible from both the future transit centre connection to the north and the open
    landscaped carpark to the south as well as from the adjacent retail and carpark of the existing
    Noosa Civic. The purposefully designed perimeter balcony /walkway access arrangement allows for
    visitors and workers to always be engaged with the adjacent Main St, Future Transit Centre and
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