Appendix 5 - Code Table Assessment

Specific Outcomes             Probable Solutions                  Compliance
                                                                with      the      surrounding
                                                                environment;
                                                            •   existing vegetation (~25-30
                                                                m high) within the wider
                                                                area will screen more than
                                                                half of the proposed facility;
                                                                and
                                                            •   the proposed height is the
                                                                minimum         required     to
                                                                achieve       the      required
                                                                coverage objectives and
                                                                service the Cootharaba
                                                                community         (given    the
                                                                existing vegetation ranges
                                                                from 25-30 m in height
                                                                coupled with the undulating
                                                                topography in the area).
                                                                Furthermore                 the
                                                                transmission         dish     is
                                                                required to be located at 37
                                                                m in height in order to
                                                                achieve absolute line of
                                                                sight to an adjoining NBN
                                                                facility located at Boreen
                                                                Point North. (refer to
                                                                Section 8.1 for additional
                                                                visual assessment)

                                                            For these reasons, the height of
                                                            the facility is considered to
                                                            comply with O4.
Setbacks                       S5.1 Buildings and structures O5 - Complies.
O5 Buildings and other comply with the setbacks Table 1.1 of Schedule 1 of the
structures are appropriately identified in Schedule 1— Noosa Plan 2009 specifies a
designed and sited to—         Minimum            Boundary minimum frontage and side
a) provide amenity for users Setbacks.                       setback in the Rural Zone of
of the premises, as well as                                  10m.
preserve the visual and
acoustic privacy of adjoining                                The proposed facility is setback
and nearby land uses;                                        approximately 65 m from the
b)     preserve       existing                               sealed portion of Davis Road
vegetation that will buffer                                  approximately 140 m from
the proposed building from                                   Cootharaba Road which is

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