Appendix E - Code Assessment

                                                         the 1% AEP (1:100 year ARI level or the highest
                                                         recorded flood level), whichever is the greatest.
Small Residential Lots
PO20                                                     AO20                                                       Not applicable.
Residential lots less than 600m2:                        Within the Low Density Residential zone, new lots of
    (a) occur only where they are consistent with the    less than 600m²:
        size of established adjacent lots;                    (a) are no smaller than the size of established
    (b) are not less than 500m2 in area;                          adjacent lots;
    (c) are free of physical constraints or                   (b) are free of easements;
        encumbrances that would restrict the siting of        (c) are regular in shape with a width to depth
        a house;                                                  ratio of approximately 1:2;
    (d) have area and dimensions that can                     (d) do not have a slope greater than 10%;
        accommodate an appropriate house site                 (e) can accommodate a house and sufficient car
        area without siting variations;                           parking without encroaching into boundary
    (e) are distributed across a development to                   clearances or prescribed building setbacks;
        create diversity in lots; and                         (f) allow for landscape and tree planting in deep
    (f) do not result in excessive driveways at                   soil zones to soften built form elements;
        intersections or corners.                             (g) are not created by further dividing an existing
                                                                  rear (battle-axe) lot; and
                                                              (h) are not located at the end of a T-intersection
                                                                  or at a bend in the road.
Rear Lots
PO21                                                     AO21.1                                                     Complies.
Rear (battle-axe) lots are created only where:-:         The minimum area of the rear lot, exclusive of any
   (a) it would not be desirable nor practicable for     access strip, complies with the lot reconfiguration        Proposed Lot 2, being designed to a rear (hatchet) configuration,
        the site to be reconfigured so that all lots     outcomes in Table 9.5.1.4 Minimum lot size and             complies with Table 9.5.1.4 Minimum Lot Size and Dimensions,
        have full frontage to a road;                    dimensions providing that no rear access lot has a lot     ensuring the minimum area (600m2) exclusive of the area of the
   (b) located in the Low density residential zone,      size less than 600m2 exclusive of access strip.            access handle is achieved.
        Rural residential zone or Rural zone;
   (c) development positively contributes to the         AO21.2                                                     It is acknowledged that the proposed access handle does not
        character of the neighbourhood;                  No more than 10% of lots within a subdivision are rear     satisfy compliance with Acceptable Outcome AO21.11, as the
   (d) development provides a high standard of           lots or lots accessed via an access strip.                 width of the access handle is 4.2m, falling short of complying with
        amenity for residents and other users of the                                                                the minimum width (4.5m) by .3m (refer to the Plan of Proposed
        rear lot and adjoining properties;               AO21.3                                                     Subdivision included at Appendix C). It is noted that during our
   (e) the lot is large enough to accommodate            No more than two rear lots are located at the end of a     formal pre-lodgement meeting held with Noosa Council on the 25
        anticipated land uses including car parking      cul-de-sac.                                                November 2020, Council expressed support for the proposed
        and manoeuvring;                                                                                            access arrangement provided the access driveway is constructed
   (f) development is not detrimental to the use         AO21.4                                                     to a standard 3m seal and landscaping is able to be planted along
        and amenity of adjoining lots through loss of    No rear lot shares a common boundary with more than        each side of the access handle; the proposed development will
        privacy, sunlight or breezes once buildings      four other lots.                                           conform in this regard.
        are constructed;