Planning Report

                                   NOOSA HEADS LOCALITY CODE

       Specific Outcomes                         Probable solutions                Proposal
9.9 Effects of use
Am enity                                                              Complies
O1 Uses are located, designed and         No solution provided.       The proposed uses are consistent
operated to avoid significant                                         with the expectations of the Noosa
adverse changes to the light, air                                     Junction Business Centre.      The
quality, noise, accessibility, or other                               proposal has been designed to
conditions enjoyed by users of                                        avoid any significant adverse
associated, adjoining or nearby                                       impacts to users of associated,
uses.                                                                 adjoining or nearby uses. Refer
                                                                      attached    acoustic  and    traffic
                                                                      reports. The existing and future
                                                                      amenity of the surrounding area will
                                                                      be maintained.
M ajor road netw ork                                                  Complies
O2      The visual amenity      and       No solution provided.       The visual amenity and character
character surrounding the major                                       surrounding the major road network
road network, including Sunshine                                      will not be impacted upon by the
Beach Road (David Low Way),                                           proposal.
Eenie Creek Road, Noosa Drive and
Noosa Parade, is protected and
enhances the entrances to Noosa
Heads through—
a) retaining and enhancing the
visual and physical separation of
Noosa Heads from neighbouring
localities;
b) ensuring future development
does not encroach upon existing
vegetation within the road reserve;
and
c) utilising dense landscaping and
earth mounding (rather than
fencing and walls) for visual
screening and noise attenuation;

AND
O3 Development generates traffic
demands that are consistent with
the future capacity of the road                                       Complies
network.                                                              The proposed development will
                                                                      generate traffic consistent with the
                                                                      existing and future road network.
                                                                      Refer to the attached Traffic Report.
Scenic vistas                                                         Complies
O4 Aesthetic and cultural values of       No solution provided.       The proposal will have minimal
the    natural     landscape    are                                   impact on the identified scenic
maintained through protecting                                         vistas. The proposal will assist in
important scenic vistas—                                              improving the vista and connectivity
a) from the streets, beaches and                                      of Arcadia Street to Pinaroo Rotary
other public spaces;                                                  Park.
b) to the ocean, river, coastal
lowlands     and    the   vegetated
backdrop of Noosa Hill;
c) within Little Cove– vistas over
Laguna Bay and to the Noosa
National Park and the vegetation
stands, part of the hills and sand
dunes;
d) within Cooloola and Weyba Park
Estates– the scenic view of Noosa