MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - N Asher

                                                                             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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