Objection letter - 27 Attunga Heights · MCU18/0015

Architects




Trina Day



  5. Lot 2 & 3 are oversized and the building envelopes exceed permitted building heights for detached housing.

  The current scheme proposes that the site is subdivided into 4 lots, with Lot 2 & Lot 3 being zoned as
  Detached Housing.

  Lot 2 is proposed to be 1050sqm and Lot 3 is proposed to be 950sqm. The size of these lots is not justified in
  the planning report, and seem oversized in relation to adjacent detached housing lots such as No 26 Attunga
  Heights which is owned by my client. For comparison, the site area of this adjacent site is 532sqm.

  The only possible reason for proposing larger lot sizes is the desire for larger houses. Again this is not to the
  benefit of the environment or the community.

  The architectural drawings show the proposed building envelopes for the houses on Lot 2 & Lot 3 to be 12m
  above natural ground level. This exceeds Noosa Council building height controls for Detached Housing, which
  stipulates a maximum of 8m building height.

  If council does permit new buildings on these more sensitive areas of the site, then the lot sizes should be
  reduced and the heights of these buildings should be restricted to a maximum of 8m above natural ground
  level as per the Noosa Plan.


  Conclusion

  If development is permitted on this site at all, the proposal should be designed with a best practice building and
  regenerative landscape design approach.

  Specifically, any development on this site should involve no subdivision, reduced building density, removal of
  proposed lots 2 & 3, roads and parking areas eliminated from the steeper areas of the site and would include a
  50m wide wildlife corridor consistent throughout the entire length of the site.

  I recommend that this proposal be rejected by Council on the basis that the scheme is not designed to be
  sensitive to the site and does not respect the desired outcomes of the Noosa Plan for this site.




  Regards,




  Trina Day
  0400 002 434
  c/o 6/80 Duporth Avenue, Maroochydore, QLD, 4558




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