Collated Planning Report · MCU14/0077

    b)   provide adequate distance from                                   be provided between the proposed building and the road frontages to
         adjoining land uses;                                             the subject site.
    c)   allow space for required vehicle
         parking;
    d)   preserve any existing vegetation
         that will buffer the proposed
         building;
    e)   allow for landscaping to be provided
         between buildings;
    f)   maintain the visual continuity and
         pattern of buildings and landscape
         elements within the street;
    g)   avoid large areas of continuous wall
         planes by varying the building
         setbacks and using appropriate
         techniques to provide visual relief;
         and
    h)   help protect the natural character
         and visual amenity of the Noosa
         River      system      and     other
         watercourses.

Site cover, gross floor area and plot              No solution provided   Complies.
ratio
O10 The site cover, gross floor area and plot                             The building scale of the proposed development is compatible with
ratio    of   buildings    and  other     roofed                          surrounding industrial development and          with likely future
structures—                                                               development on the surrounding vacant lots. In addition, the
a) results in a building scale that is                                    proposed development has been appropriately designed to reduce the
compatible with surrounding development;                                  bulk of the building. This has been achieved by positioning the larger
b) does not present an appearance of bulk to                              part of the building in the south-west corner and providing
adjacent properties, roads or other areas in                              landscaping along the northern and eastern boundaries of the subject
the vicinity of the site;                                                 site.
c) maximises the retention of existing
vegetation and allows for soft landscaping                                The subject site is located within Precinct E3 of the Shire Centre
between buildings;                                                        Business Zone.
d) allows for adequate area at ground level
for   outdoor      recreation,  entertainment,                            The proposed development achieves the outcomes sought by O16.
clothes drying and other site facilities; and                             Specifically, the proposal is for a building with a GFA of 682m2 on a lot
e) facilitates onsite stormwater management                               which has an area of 1702m2. It follows the proposed plot ratio on
and vehicular access.                                                     the subject site is 0.4.

O11 Site cover—
a) for a class 1 or class 10a structure within
the Detached Housing Zone, does not
exceed—