Noosa VMU RFI Response Lodged 23.11.23 · MCU23/0078

                       ▪   5am – 9pm (Monday – Saturday)
                       ▪   8am – 6pm (Sunday)

      •   Façade attenuation on residential buildings to achieve a façade noise reduction of 25dB for
          habitable rooms generally, and 30dB for habitable rooms located adjacent to the Village Green;

      •   Residential balconies located on the northern side of the Village Green and on the northern
          portion of Main Street will have solid balustrades;

      •   Amplified music in restaurants will be limited to low level background music;

      •   Speed humps will be constructed of bitumen or concrete (not metal);

      •   Any grates or other protective covers in the car park will be rigidly fixed in position to eliminate
          clanging and be maintained; and

      •   Any mechanical plant that is situated in close proximity to noise sensitive receivers will be
          acoustically screened.


46.       An updated Environmental Noise Assessment of the proposal has been carried out by TTM to
          address the items outlined by Council:

          a) The Hoff apartment development located to the south of the VMU proposal has been
             included as a sensitive receptor in the assessment. Refer to Figure 4 of the revised Acoustic
             Report.

          b) A cumulative assessment of the resultant noise from “Noosa Civic” and the proposed Noosa
             Civic Village upon surrounding noise sensitive receptors, specifically with respect to noise
             from sources including service vehicles, carparking, mechanical plant and equipment has
             been included in the Environmental Noise Assessment.

          c) Consideration of the impact upon road traffic noise levels at sensitive receptors on nearby
             roadways as a result of the increase in road traffic generated by the proposed development.

          d) Consideration of road traffic noise impact upon the proposed on-site residential uses and
             identify acoustic design requirements to achieve acceptable acoustic amenity.

          e) Assessment is to be conducted using a suitable computer noise model for all sources which
             appropriately represents the spatial extents of all noise sources and provides a cumulative
             impact assessment of all noise sources at off and onsite noise sensitive receptors.

          f)   Noise assessment updated to include all the noise sources requested in item f. - WHO criteria
               for sleep disturbance / Lmax added to the report (Section 5.2.3 and 6).

          g) The indoor entertainment retail tenancy is enclosed by the building façade and now complies
             with code acceptable operating hours (7am – 9pm). Internal noise is expected to be contained
             within the building envelope and not adversely impact any sensitive receiver during the
             proposed operating hours. The cinema will have significant façade attenuation to achieve

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