2014-06-17 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    17 JUNE 2014


Applicant’s Representation
The applicant requests this condition be amended to require 1 shade tree per 6 car parking
spaces, which is an accepted standard for shade trees in car parks and is consistent with other
development in the Shire Business Centre.

The applicant has provided amended plans reducing the parking spaces by 12 spaces in
accordance with the requirements of the condition to provide wider planting areas for car park
shad trees and accordingly requests condition 20(e) be deleted.

The applicant requests that condition 20(i) be amended so that it refers to the proposed location
of the planting of the 100 litre local native spaces. The applicant proposes to locate these to the
southern side of the pedestrian shared zone aisle.
Assessment of Representation
It is agreed that although the requirement for 1 shade tree every 4 car parks is consistent with
The Noosa Plan requirements, a lesser standard has been accepted for Noosa Civic and is
acceptable for the proposed development. The proposal plans include satisfactory landscape
areas for the development as a whole, with wide front landscape setbacks to road frontages and
significant garden beds within the car park, which will visually soften the hard stand areas and
provide shade.


Condition 23 – Treatment of Temporarily Vacant Land
23.    Where some or all of the land remains vacant or undeveloped for more than 3 months,
       the following works must to be carried out:
       (a)     the site must be graded (to the same level as the adjoining footpath wherever
               practicable) and turfed.
       (b)     the site must be landscaped with perimeter planting consisting of advanced
               specimens of fast growing tree species.
       (c)     drainage must be provided to prevent ponding.
       (d)     the site must be maintained so there is no sediment run-off onto adjacent
               premises, roads or footpaths.
       (e)     the site must be maintained to ensure no nuisance to adjacent premises, roads or
               footpaths.
       (f)     where fencing is installed to secure boundaries:
               (i)     the fencing must be durable and not capable of being pushed or blown
                       over.
               (ii)    the fencing type must not detract from local amenity (barbed wire is not
                       acceptable).
               (iii)   vandalism must be promptly repaired and any graffiti removed.
Applicant’s Representation
The applicant requests that the introductory part of condition 23 be amended so that the works
required under the condition are required to be undertaken in respect of Stage 2, 3 months after
the commencement of the use of the Masters in Stage 1.
Assessment of Representation
Agreed.




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