REC14/0007 & OPW14/0253 Report

Land Surveying Dynamics                                                             June 2014



                                 SPECIFIC OUTCOMES                                          PROBABLE SOLUTIONS                                       COMMENTS
          c) retain existing native vegetation and enhance buffer areas         Plants and Guidelines.
          around property boundaries;
          d) suit the relative size and nature of the development and its
          setting;
          e) reduce the visual impact of large or bulky structures and
          fencing along watercourses; and
          f) conceal service, carparking and loading areas of
          developments;
          g) screen incompatible land uses; and
          h) provide privacy between any dwelling units and
          accommodation units on and adjoining the site to a height and
          density appropriate to the scale of the development.

          Building and landscape design                                         S2.1 Below ground components of buildings do not       Complies.
          O2 Site layout and building and landscape design—                     extend beyond the above ground footprint to allow      Existing vegetation to be retained.
          a) provides for soft landscaping to be established in and around      for landscaping particularly within building setback
          the development;                                                      areas;
          b) maximises the retention of large canopy trees;                     AND
          c) within the Eastern Beaches Locality and Noosa Heads                S2.2 Basement carparks do not encroach into
          Locality, avoids the removal of heath vegetation, except where        building setback areas;
          required for internal roads and service and infrastructure            AND
          construction;                                                         S2.3 Plants are grouped in mulched beds rather
          d) minimises the extent of impervious paved areas;                    than planted individually to provide for optimum
          e) provides for suitable plant layouts and densities;                 growing conditions and less maintenance;
          f) facilitates the adoption of appropriate planting techniques; and   AND
          g) considers on-going maintenance requirements to assure the          S2.4 These plants grouped in mulched beds are not
          establishment and ongoing survival of plantings.                      subject to any hedging maintenance regimes;
                                                                                AND
                                                                                S2.5 Landscaping is designed, planted and
                                                                                maintained in accordance with PSP3 Landscaping
                                                                                Plants and Guidelines;
                                                                                AND
                                                                                S2.6 Alternatives to impervious pavement are
                                                                                provided and are located where landscaping and
                                                                                existing vegetation will benefit from increased
                                                                                infiltration of rainwater.
          Species selection                                                     S3.1 Plantings—                                        Not Applicable.
          O3 Landscaped areas include plant species that—                       a) comprise plant species identified for the
          a) are appropriate to the biophysical conditions and landscape        relevant landscape character area in PSP3



Reconfiguring of a Lot – Three (3) into Four (4) Lots
8 Stevens Street, Sunshine Beach
RPD: Lots 675 and 697 on RP48111 and Lot 676 on SP125656                                               38