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                      payment. Any balance will be returned to the developer on full compliance with conditions.
              (ii)    The required level of bond is based upon 150% of the estimated cost of construction or the required payment. The
                      additional 50% is attributable to any approval not being acted upon until some considerable time after it is granted
                      and price rises or cost overruns which may occur.

        (b)   Performance bonds:
              (i)     This type of bond is used as an incentive to a developer to construct properly or develop in accordance with the
                      conditions of approval. Some common examples may include compliance with a load limit on certain roads,
                      retention of trees or vegetation or construction of the development in accordance with the approved plans. Very often,
                      in the view of the community, these circumstances are critical to satisfactory development being achieved.
              (ii)    Because of the nature of these conditions, the calculation of the appropriate level of bonding is not easily reduced to
                      an exercise in mathematics, eg. the removal of a significant tree is a situation which usually cannot be remedied for
                      100­200 years. Accordingly, the performance bond must act as an incentive to complying with conditions and must
                      therefore be of a sufficient scale to ensure that the developer is unlikely to contemplate non­ compliance. The bond
                      must also be of sufficient scale to ensure that the developer undertakes adequate monitoring to be certain any
                      contractors, employees, etc., do not unknowingly cause a breach.
              (iii)   In determining the level of such a bond, Council and its officers will have regard to the following:
                      (A)   Critical site attributes;
                      (B)   The importance in planning, environmental and engineering terms of the Council's requirements;
                            Scale of the specific matters against which security is required;
                      (C)   The likely degree of community concern should a breach occur; and
                      (D)   Remedial action, if any can be taken, which may be required should a breach occur.

              (iv)    As with remedial/works bonds, performance bonds will be returned following completion of development and
                      fulfillment of all the conditions.
              (v)     In particularly critical circumstances, Council may also require bonds from the specific contractors or builders, as
                      well as those from the developer, as a means of ensuring compliance with conditions of approval.

        (c)   Combination bonds:
              (i)     Under most circumstances, components of both remedial/works and performance bonding will be required.
                      Calculation of such combination bonds will be based upon consideration of both Section (b) and (c) above, with the
                      bond being returned following fulfillment of all conditions.



 SC6.6 ­ PSP5               Sustainable Building Design
 SC6.6.1              Purpose

 (1)    (1) The purpose of the Sustainable Building Design planning policy is to:
        (a)   Encourage high quality traditional or contemporary Queensland vernacular architecture that responds to the local
              subtropical climate;
        (b)   Provide context and guidance for the distinctive ‘Noosa style’ design requirements which are based on subtropical building
              design principles to satisfy acceptable outcomes in the Noosa Plan;
        (c)   Specify the architectural elements and building design features considered appropriate for residential, commercial and
              tourist developments in Noosa Shire; and
        (d)   Encourage sustainable buildings that are designed to be climate responsive, to conserve energy and water as well as the
              reuse of stormwater for non­potable purposes; and
        (e)   Encourage sustainable adaptable buildings to provide comfort and liveability for people throughout the various stages of
              their life.

 (2)    This planning scheme policy provides guidance on achieving consistency with the requirements and the outcomes of the
        following parts of the planning scheme:
        (a)   Strategic Framework;
        (b)   Zone codes;
        (c)   Local Plan codes; and
        (d)   Landscaping Code


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