PM Submission - Keryn Quigley - MCU25/0118

                 From:                     "Keryn Quigley" <[email protected]>
                 Sent:                     Sun, 23 Nov 2025 14:13:53 +1000
                 To:                       "Mailbox Council Mail" <[email protected]>
                 Subject:                  Submission re Proposed Development at 64 Lake McDonald Drive



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                 I strongly oppose the proposed housing development at 64 Lake MacDonald Drive. The
                 councillors who supported this high-density plan have betrayed the community and abandoned
                 the balance between tourism, residents, and the environment that Noosa Council once upheld.

                 When we purchased our home in Dianella Court, one of the key attractions was the
                 neighbouring forest, zoned as Community land ie. that neither shops nor houses would be built
                 there. That forest has now been destroyed, removing vital trees that helped prevent toxic
                 leaching from landfill. In its place, Council proposes housing that is completely out of character
                 for Cooroy and inconsistent with the Town Plan.

                 The money spent on the removal of the trees and the subsequent remediation should have
                 been directed to more suitable sites across the Shire, not forced onto the outskirts of a
                 hinterland town.

                 Importantly, this proposal comes on top of another approved high-density project at Lot 1/62
                 Lake MacDonald Drive (up to 25 units, possibly three storeys). We are not opposed to social
                 housing at Lot 1, but further developments of this scale are unacceptable.

                 Cooroy’s character cannot withstand multiple high-density projects crammed into one confined
                 area. Council’s approach to the housing crisis is irresponsible and flawed.

                 Keryn Quigley




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