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    e) Agricultural Uses provide for appropriate value adding on site, where amenity impacts can
       be avoided;
    f) The natural environmental and cultural heritage values of the locality are well conserved
       and well managed, including—
           (i) Cooloola section of Great Sandy National Park, Cooloothin Conservation Park, Mill
                 Point, Borg Park, the Kin Kin Junction Arboretum and Wahpunga School Park;
           (ii) the riparian zones of the Noosa River, Cooloothin Creek, Kin Kin Creek, its many
                 tributaries and other watercourses;
           (iii) Lake Cootharaba and its riparian zones; iv Woondum, Toolara and Ringtail State
                 Forests;
           (iv) the Kin Kin Memorial School of Arts, Country Life Hotel, St Luke’s Church, Kin Kin
                 Junction Uniting Church, Kin Kin State School, Kin Kin Masonic Lodge, Former Kin
                 Kin Post Office, Kin Kin General Store, Former Kin Kin Junction State School
                 (sportsground clubhouse), Former ES & A Bank and Residence, ‘Bangunyah’ Private
                 Residence, and Former W.D. Francis House amongst others;
    g) Areas used or suitable for rural or extractive uses are protected from land uses which
       would impact on the utilisation of the extractive resources;
    h) Residential development, including short stay visitor accommodation in the form of bed
       and breakfast accommodation, is of a scale consistent with its natural and rural setting
       and is focused on the rural villages of Kin Kin and Boreen Point;
    i) Pomona – Kin Kin – Gympie Road, Sister Tree Creek Road, Cootharaba Road, Dr Pages
       Road, Junction Road, Kinmond Creek Road, Main Street, Lake Flat Road, McKinnon Drive,
       Neusavale Road, Laguna Street and Louis Bazzo Drive, are protected as part of the major
       road network.
    j) The function, safety and visual amenity of the major road network are protected and
       enhanced;
    k) Open space networks are protected and enhanced to provide recreational, environmental
       and aesthetic amenity opportunities across the locality;
    l) Kin Kin village and Boreen Point village are the urban focal points, supporting the only
       urban settlement in the locality, and consolidated through the provision of an appropriate
       level of service to residents of the locality;
    i) For the Rural Zone—rural land is protected and appropriately managed such that the
       scenic and environmental values, the distinct rural amenity and agricultural productivity of
       the locality are preserved and are not adversely impacted as a consequence of
       development on or adjacent to that land;

Compliance

Development for a ‘Tower’ is recognised as an Inconsistent land use within the Boreen Point, Kin
Kin & Cootharaba Locality - Rural Zone. However, the proposed subject site is considered
appropriate to accommodate the proposed facility whilst minimising potential visual and amenity
impacts. In order to achieve this, a comprehensive site selection process was undertaken prior to
identifying a preferred site for the development of a new facility. This process involved
consideration to not only meeting the coverage objectives, but also minimising visual and amenity
impacts to the surrounding area.

The facility is considered to be appropriately located within proximity to compatible uses such as
the nearby Rural Fire Brigade (100 m west) which contains similar communications infrastructure.



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