FURTHER REPORT - Planning & Environment Committee 6 May 2025 MCU21/0110

                      LANDSCAPING
                              Landscaping Works
                      66.     The development site must be landscaped in accordance with a Council endorsed
                              landscape package prepared by a qualified person*. The works must be undertaken
                              in accordance with an Operational Works approval and the Noosa Plan for that specific
                              area and must include in particular:
                              a.        the works shown on the Approved Landscape Concept Design Package Plans,
                                        with the exception of:
                                        i.     extending ‘31. Turf - no plantings with 5 metres of building’ as annotated
                                               by Council;
                              b.        a Landscaping Plan and Plant Pallet including hard and soft plant percentages,
                                        plant numbers, planting locations, pot sizes and whether Noosa Native,
                                        Australian Native or Exotic;
                              c.        a Landscape Management Plan including (but not limited to):
                                        i.     landscape design principles for bushfire hazard areas in Part 5 of Bushfire
                                               Resilient Building Guidance for Queensland Homes (QRA 2020);
                                        ii.    Certification from a qualified* person ensuring the Landscape Management
                                               Plan complies with the design principles in the Part 5 of Bushfire Resilient
                                               Building Guidance for Queensland Homes (QRA 2020) and the Bushfire
                                               Management Plan.
                                        iii.   Management of branches overhanging building envelopes.
                              d.        clear integration of the Bushfire requirements and recommendations identified
                                        within the approved Bushfire Hazard Assessment Report & Mitigation Plan
                                        version 4 dated 30 April 2022, and as amended by the Further Advice letter from
                                        Rob Friend and Associates Pty Ltd dates 10 February 2023, including
                                        landscaping treatments where maximum distances are permitted including:
                                        i.     a band of vegetation up to 20m wide along Resort Drive is to contain 100%
                                               less flammable plant species;
                                        ii.    the remaining area greater than 20m from Resort Drive can contain no less
                                               than 50% less flammable plant species in the understory and groundcover;
                                               and
                                        iii.   regular maintenance of groundcover and understorey to reduce
                                               flammability within the landscaped area.
                              e.        clear integration of the landscaping recommendations, for the purpose of odour
                                        mitigation, identified in the Katestone report dated December 2020.
                              f.        A vegetated buffer of a height that avoids line of sight contact with the Sewage
                                        Treatment Plant from any place or structure on the development site to Council’s
                                        satisfaction.
                              g.        Both sides of Resort Drive Road Reserve between the intersections of Links
                                        Drive and Lakeview Rise must be rehabilitated and revegetated in accordance
                                        with the landscaping recommendations of the approved Bushfire Hazard
                                        Assessment and Mitigation. The works must be undertaken in accordance with
                                        an Operational Works approval.
                              h.        Details of water quality treatment device plantings with a minimum of five plant
                                        species and a plant density of 8 plants per square meter;
                              i.        Details of all fencing and gates (including but not limited to height, construction
                                        type, materials);




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