Further Advice Response

                                                             proportion of detached houses and some multiple
                                                             housing and is attractive to families and permanent
                                                             residents for its relatively easy access to the beach
                                                             and local services and facilities”.

     The Eastern Beaches Locality retains its primary       Complies
      role as a residential area, though continues to        The site is located within the Attached Housing Zone
      provide some visitor accommodation and a               of the Eastern Beaches Locality and the proposed
      range of local retail and commercial functions at      development involves Multiple Housing (Type 2 –
      Sunshine Beach, Sunrise Beach and Peregian             Duplex).
      Beach

     Urban development is limited to land within the        Complies
      urban footprint as shown on Map ZM4                    The site is located within the Urban Growth
                                                             Boundary for the Eastern Beaches Locality.

       The scale and form of buildings and other            Complies
        structures are:                                      The proposed development provides a bulk, scale
      i.     designed to be responsive to the informal       and form which is consistent with Margit Crescent
             beachside character of the locality, being      and community expectations, including but not
             low rise buildings, with pitched or curved      limited to:
             roofs and building materials that blend with
                                                                a low rise form;
             the dune and coastal landscape;
                                                                a pitched roof form;
     ii.     in keeping with the surrounding streetscape
                                                                a combination of building materials;
             and landscape qualities;
                                                                a landscaped character; and
    iii.     integrated into the topography and native
                                                                a site responsive design.
             vegetation of the dune system which
             dominates the locality; and
    iv.      consistent with the amenity and safety
             expectations of the community.

       Residential development is characterised by:         Complies
      i.    low impact buildings of a domestic scale         The proposed development provides a site
            within densely landscaped settings;              responsive form which is consistent with the coastal
     ii.    building designs that are well articulated and   vernacular, including a densely landscaping setting
            that use design elements, materials that         and an articulated low rise form.
            respect the coastal landscape character;
    iii.    building designs that avoid hard lines and
            boxy shapes characteristic of Mediterranean
            / Tuscan influenced design;
    iv.     detached housing and duplexes as the
            dominant development form; and