Appendix G - Code Responses

                                                        SUSTAINABLE DESIGN CODE
Performance outcomes                              Acceptable outcomes              Applicant’s Comments
                                                                                   reducing the site’s capacity to store heat from
                                                                                   hard surface areas.
PO6                                                                                Complies.
Vegetation is incorporated into the building      No acceptable outcome provided   Podium planter boxes are proposed on the
design to create shade and cooling around                                          balconies on the northern side of the building
buildings.                                                                         (Refer to Appendix B).

Design
Site characteristics                                                               Complies:
PO7                                                                                The proposed residential components of the
Development and building siting is responsive No acceptable outcome provided       development have been architecturally
to Noosa Shire’s sub-tropical climate and the                                      designed to be responsive to the site’s
site’s characteristics including topography,                                       topography and climate. A review of the site
orientation, existing vegetation and prevailing                                    plans and perspectives (refer to Appendix B),
winds.                                                                             demonstrate that the access arrangements,
                                                                                   building siting, design and orientation suitably
                                                                                   responds to Noosa’s subtropical climate and
                                                                                   prevailing winds. The long axis of the proposed
                                                                                   building faces north, with reduced frontages to
                                                                                   the east and west being provided with
                                                                                   generous eave overhangs and sun screening.