MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Ian Suter

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                                                                           practice demands that service station facilities be set
                                                                           back a far greater distance from the School.

   2.   The      nearest       structure        on    the      school      The relevance          of this statement         is unclear          and if
        boundary            is the    pump        house for the            anything demonstrates           the proximity       of the proposed
        school pool                                                        service station        to the School pool facilities               used by
                                                                           toddlers and young children.

   3. The          proposed             service       station         is   Visual distinction       is the least of the concerns that are
        orientated          away from          the school and              associated      with     the   location      of a service           station
        towards         the        Eumundi-          Noosa      Road       adjacent      to,     indeed    adjoining,     a School            and      its
        frontage,           providing        visual     distinction        associated health and physical education facilities.
        between both sites.

   4.   The service           station        refuelling       area is      The       Applicant      provides      no    justification          for     its
        sufficiently         distanced        from    the school           assertion      that      the   Development          "is      sufficiently
        boundary which is greater than 25m.                                distanced from the school boundary which is greater
                                                                           than 25m."


                                                                           In the contrary        we have demonstrated               elsewhere         in
                                                                           this document         that international      and Australian              best
                                                                           practice demands that service station facilities be set
                                                                           back a far greater distance from the School.

   5.   All vehicle access relating to the service                         The relevance of this statement              is once again unclear.
        station      and       future        proposed         Lot     2    The access being off Eumundi-Noosa                   Road, which is
        development            is obtained          via Eumundi-           the same as the access to the School and only a short
        Noosa Road which is more than suitably                             distance      away creates       the    potential      for     increased
        distanced           from     the     school     access off         traffic     queuing      and   obstruction       along        the     short
        Walter Hay Drive.                                                  stretch of road between the two entrances.

   6. A dedicated              pedestrian         pathway       from       Again the relevance of this statement                is unclear. The
        Walter       Hay       Drive       is proposed.          This      pathway       provides     no additional       protection           for the
        pathway         connects           Walter       Hay     Drive      School children. Indeed it provides further                   unwanted
        directly       to     the     site     and      the     store      opportunity      for children to access the shop, which is
        building,      thus        reducing       any     potential        undoubtedly         the main purpose of the development,
        conflict        between              pedestrians         and       that is to encourage the school children to purchase
        vehicles.                                                          from the shop and increase the profits to the owner
                                                                           at the expense           of - and threat        to -         the    School
                                                                           children.


The Applicant       has also failed to respond seriously and comprehensively                              to Council's request for further
information      regarding the Airborne Hazards in proximity                         to the School identified        by Council as an area of
critical importance          to the Development             application:


   Applicant's      Response                      Objectors'     Response

   1. Benzene as an active                       The Applicant provides mere idle assertion in the face of the evidence



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