Martoo Planning Report

                                                                                                   proposal report




2.0 Site details
2.1 Site description
The site comprises a rectangular shaped lot located on the northern side of Cooroy Noosa Road
and on the southern edge of the residential area knowns as Parklands.

Table 1: Site description
Site                                                                 Description
characteristic

Existing land use              Carramar Noosa

Existing structures            Existing aged care facility known as Carramar Tewantin which has operated
                               from the site since the 1980’s. Two thirds of the site contains the existing
                               development and includes various one and two storey buildings including:
                                       •     13 lodges with a total of 142 residential rooms of one bed
                                       •     Administration and entry block
                                       •     Community/Activity centre – recreation
                                       •     Staff building
                                       •     Special care dementia buildings (32 rooms)
                                       •     Caretakers shed
                                       •     Carparking for staff and visitors – 88 bays on site




Frontage and                   The site has a 277 metre frontage to Cooroy Noosa Road. All vehicular
access                         access is from Cooroy Noosa Road with most access via the central main
                               entrance gate and service/maintenance personnel using the secondary
                               access at the western corner of the site.

Topography and                 The site gently slopes from the western boundary down to the eastern
views                          boundary to a remnant wetland and dam which drains to Wooroi Creek.




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