MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Town Planning Report & Appendix A Code Compliance

                                                                                                       Town Planning Report
                        28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville and parts of the road reserves of Hofmann Drive and Walter Hay Drive



                6.7.3    Building Works Code                                                                       55
                6.7.4    Biodiversity Overlay Code                                                                 56
                6.7.5    Natural Hazards Overlays Code                                                             56
                6.7.6    Community Uses Code                                                                       56
                6.7.7    Infrastructure Uses Code                                                                  56
                6.7.8    Driveways and Carparking Code                                                             56
                6.7.9    Earthworks Code                                                                           57
                6.7.10 Erosion and Sediment Control Code                                                           57
                6.7.11 Existing Services Code                                                                      57
                6.7.12 Landscaping Code                                                                            57
                6.7.13 Transport, Roads and Drainage Code                                                          57
                6.7.14 Waste Management Code                                                                       57
                6.7.15 Water Sensitive Design Code                                                                 58
                6.7.16 Water Supply and Sewerage Reticulation Code                                                 58
      6.8       Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Guidelines for Queensland                            58
                6.8.1    Important Principles and Guiding Ideas                                                    58
                6.8.2    The Design of Buildings                                                                   58
                6.8.3    The Design of Centres                                                                     58
7     Key Planning Matters                                                                                              59
      7.1       Achieving the Shire Business Centre Vision                                        59
      7.2       The Centres Hierarchy                                                             60
      7.3       Alternative Development Scenarios                                                 61
      7.4       Visual Amenity and Landscape Strategy                                             61
                7.4.1     Noosa Style                                                             62
                7.4.2     Visual Integration and Screening Capacity                               62
                7.4.3     Landscape Strategy                                                      63
      7.5       Environmental Impacts                                                             63
      7.6       Precinct OS7, Covenant J and the Open Space Conservation Zone                     64
                7.6.1     The Interrelationship between Precinct OS7, Covenant J and the Open Space
                          Conservation Zone                                                       64
                7.6.2     Development within Covenant J                                           65
      7.7       Native Vegetation                                                                 66
      7.8       Transport and Traffic Impacts                                                     67
                7.8.1     Car Parking Supply                                                      67
                7.8.2     Road Network Operation                                                  68
      7.9       Gross Floor Area, Plot Ratio, Site Cover and Building Height                      68
      7.10      Building Setbacks                                                                 70
8     Sufficient Grounds                                                                                                73
      8.1       Compliance with the Applicable Codes                                                               73
      8.2       Retail Need                                                                                        73
      8.3       Employment                                                                                         74
      8.4       Environmental Economic Benefits                                                                    74
      8.5       Reinforcing the Planned Centres Hierarchy                                                          74
      8.6       Improved Connectivity                                                                              75
      8.7       Improved Public Amenity                                                                            75
9     Conclusions and Recommendations                                                                                   77




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