2014-06-17 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    17 JUNE 2014


Condition 17 - Fencing
17.    The fence identified on the ground floor plan shall be relocated to the edge of the fire
       safety access road to enable the setback vegetation to merge with the covenant
       vegetation.
Applicant’s Representation
The applicant has provided amended plans relocating the fence to the edge of the fire safety
access road in accordance with the requirements of the condition and accordingly requests the
condition be deleted.
Assessment of Representation
Agreed.


Conditions 20(d), 20(e) & 20(i) – Landscaping Works
20.    The development site must be landscaped generally in accordance with the Landscape
       Master Plan, except where amended by these conditions. The works must be undertaken
       in accordance with an Operational Works approval and The Noosa Plan Planning
       Scheme Policy 3 Landscaping Plants and Guidelines and must include in particular:
       Road frontages and covenant areas
       (a)    Landscaping treatments to all road frontages to provide screening of the
              development.
       (b)    Restoration and replanting of all covenant areas and the northern road reserve
              area adjacent to Eenie Creek Road to provide a visual buffer to the development,
              including understorey, mid-story and canopy species in accordance with a
              restoration plan submitted for operational works approval.
              (i)      vegetated screening of northern and eastern boundaries of the site
                       designed such that 75% of the bulk of the building, including roof form will
                       be screened within 5 years.
       (c)    vegetated screening of any electrical transformers, pumps bin storage areas or
              ancillary mechanical plant equipment from the car park and road frontages.
       Car park area
       (d)    Provision of 100 litre shade trees of local native species to every 4 car parks.
       (e)    A reduction in parking spaces by a minimum of 12 spaces to provide for wider
              planting areas for carpark shade trees.
       (f)    Provision of dense understorey planting to car park shade tree mulched beds.
       (g)    Provision of permanent pedestrian cross over strips (i.e. pavement, pavers) to car
              park shade tree beds to facilitate pedestrian movement, in order to prevent mulch
              compaction in beds.
       (h)    Provision of root barriers to all car park shade trees adjacent to any storm water
              treatment devices to prevent tree root infiltration of storm water media or pipes.
       (i)    Provision of 12 x 100 litre local native species adjacent to the southern portion of
              the Masters Home Improvement building and proposed entry awning.
       (j)    removal of all weeds species listed in the following standards and legislation:
              (i)      declared plants under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route
                       Management) Act 2002 and sub-ordinate Regulation 2003
              (ii)     Undesirable species as listed in Planning Scheme Policy 3 Landscaping
                       Plants and Guidelines *(Refer to Advisory Note)

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