Submission to Oppose Development Application 2020

Adeona Noosaville
3 Anchor Street
Noosaville QLD 4566
P: 07 5449 0039

 

Noosa Council
PO Box 141
Tewantin

QLD 4565

To The Assessment Manager,

| write this letter as part of our Notice of Submission, opposing the proposed development
of 1/20 Nannygai Street, Noosaville 4566 to Change of Use - Short Term Accomodation.

We are a childcare centre, providing care on weekdays from 7am to 5:30pm. We are
only closed for weekends and Public Holidays. Our outside play area shares the fence line
with the property listed above and the children spend a large part of their learning day in
this outside. environment.

As the director of this centre, |am very strongly opposed to this property being developed
for Short Term Accomodation and feel that this poses potentials risks to the children in my
care. | have highlighted our main concerns below;

CHILD PROTECTION

We oppose the short term accomodation proposal as this will create increased risk to the
safety in regards to child protection for the children in our care:

* frequent changing of people living in this accomodation means a greater number of
unknown people living with direct viewing access to the children. Having a long term
renter or owner living in this accomodation would provide us with an opportunity to
build a working relationship with known residents.

« the screening along the fence is inadequate and allows for people residing in the
property to see over the fence when they are on the outside deck area as well as to
see over the fence from the lower level windows.

» the upper level windows, including bedroom windows, look directly into our outside play
area. There are no blinds on these windows for privacy although, if there were, they
could still be opened to observe and watch the children playing.

« The Child Protection Act 1999 is the legal framework that guides us to protect the
children in our care and we are legally required to adhere to it.