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6 November 2013



Attn: Jack Lewis
Sunshine Coast Regional Council
Locked Bag 72
Sunshine Coast Mail Centre, QLD, 4560


Application Number: MCU13/0052

Response to Information Request for MCU13/0052 - Material Change of Use (Impact
Assessable) for a ‘Service & Utility Type 3 Tower’ located at 153 Lake Flat Road, Boreen Point
4565 (Lot 2 on RP126723)

I refer to your letter dated 23 April 2013 requesting further information for a Telecommunications
Facility at 153 Lake Flat Road, Boreen Point 4565 (Lot 2 on RP126723).

A response to each of the matters raised in your letter is provided below.

Visual Amenity
The Specific Outcome O39 of the Infrastructure Uses Code requires the proposed monopole is
visually integrated with its landscape so as not to be visually dominant or obtrusive.

1. Please provide a photomontage of the proposed monopole adjacent to the site along Lake Flat Rd
   looking towards the proposed monopole.

Response
One photomontage has been prepared to illustrate how the proposed facility will appear when viewed
from along Lake Flat Road looking east towards the proposed monopole.

As can be seen in the attached photomontage, the visual and landscape character of the locality will
be maintained with the addition of the proposed facility. It is therefore considered that the proposed
facility meets Specific Outcome O39 of the Infrastructure Uses Code.

It is our recommendation that the monopole is painted ‘pale eucalypt’ in order to blend with the mature
vegetation on site and existing power poles. This is requested to be conditioned by Council.

Reasons for Approval Despite the Conflict with the Scheme
Section 326(1)(b) of the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 seeks the assessment manager’s decision
must not conflict with the Planning Scheme, unless there are sufficient grounds to justify the decision,
despite the conflict. The Service & Utility Type 3 use is identified as an inconsistent use on the
proposed site.

1. Please provide at least three succinct reasons for approval of the proposed development, despite
   this conflict with The Noosa Plan.

Response
Despite conflicts with The Noosa Plan, NBN Co considers Council should approve the proposed
development for the following reasons:
   1. The Boreen Point North facility is necessary to relay data out from the proposed Boreen Point
       & Cootharaba facilities back into the broader NBN network.