MCU18.0166 - Response to Information Request

T ABLE 3.1   SERVICE & UTILITY T YPE 3 - TOWER (TABLE           c) Loss of distinct character associated with
14-23)                                                             the various towns, villages or rural areas
         Specific        Probable solutions (if code               of the Shire; or
         Outcomes        assessment)
                                                                d) Alteration to key landform and landscape
 Visual Amenity
                                                                   characters such that they become
 O10 The tower is         S10.1 The tower is—
         visually        a) not established in the                 dominated by the facility; or
         integrated          Detached Housing, Semi-
         with its            Attached Housing, Attached         e) Impact on views to and from waterways,
         landscape or        Housing or Visitor Mixed Use          beaches and riparian zones. (s.3.2)
         townscape           Zones;
         setting so as   b) camouflaged through the use      Wherever practical towers should:
         not to be           of colours and materials
         visually            which blend into the               a) Maintain the integrity of landmarks and
         dominant or         surrounding landscape; and
         obtrusive.      c) unobtrusive when viewed
                                                                   places of significance;
                             from any part of the major
                                                                b) Avoid interrupting significant views;
                             road network (refer to
                             PSP23 Telecommunication            c) Be architecturally integrated with the
                             Towers); or
                             S10.2 The tower is co-                building/structure they are mounted on;
                             located on an existing
                             telecommunication tower;           d) Be positioned to minimise clutter of
                             AND                                   multiple facilities;
                             S10.3 The height of the
                             tower does not exceed—             e) Be colour matched to their background,
                             a) 20 metres where on land
                                 in the Community
                                                                   using no reflective paint;
                                 Services, Business Centre
                                                                f) Be at least partially screened by
                                 or Industry Zones; or
                             b) 25 metres where on land            vegetation; and
                                 in the Rural Zone.
                                                                g) Be positioned and designed to be less
                                                                   visible by pedestrians. (s. 3.4).
Noosa Planning Scheme Policy 23—
Telecommunication Towers
A key objective of this code is to ‘encourage
telecommunication towers to only be located in
areas that will not cause impact on existing
character’ (p.1).
‘Applications on sites containing environmentally
sensitive areas, such as native habitat, steep
slopes or ridgelines are unlikely to be supported,
if those areas are likely to be adversely impacted
upon by the proposed development’ (s.2.2).
Council is unlikely to support proposals that
would result in the following:
 a) Loss of vegetation on steep slopes or
    ridgelines; or
 b) Visual scaring or the degradation of views
    or vistas from the major road network; or



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