05. Town Planning Report · MCU10/2127

 VIRIDIAN NOOSA - PROPOSAL REPORT




                    The former Lot 1 on RP136508 has been subject to a hazardous contaminant,
                    primarily arsenic contamination from historical farming use of the site.
                    Notwithstanding, a site management plan has been prepared and a site suitability
                    statement has been issued for the site, which confirms that the site is suitable for
                    the following uses:

                    •    tourist resort complex;

                    •    multiple dwelling units;

                    •    dwelling house;
                    •    manager’s residence; and

                    •    private and public open space.

                    A copy of the CLR and EMR search extract for the subject site and for the former
                    Lot 1 on RP136508 and site management plan is included as Appendix G – CLR
                    and EMR Search of this report.



   2.1.10           Existing Infrastructure Services
                    The subject site is presently serviced with reticulated mains water, electricity,
                    telecommunications, stormwater drainage and sewerage.



   2.1.11           Heritage
                    The site is not listed on the Queensland Heritage Register or identified as a heritage
                    site in Schedule 3 – Heritage Sites to The Noosa Plan 2006. However the site
                    adjoins Halse Lane, more properly described as Lot 2 on RP865533, which is
                    included on the Queensland Heritage Register as a place of cultural heritage
                    significance in Queensland. Halse Lodge (ID: 601393) is a two-storeyed timber
                    guesthouse built on the site between the 1880s and 1920s.



   2.1.12           Surrounding Land Use and Zoning
                    The predominant land use features of the locality in which the subject site is
                    situated can be summarised as:

                    •    Noosa National Park immediately adjoining the subject site to the east;

                    •    a community of one and two-storey residential dwellings, designated as
                         Detached and Semi-Attached Housing, located to the immediate south and
                         west;

                    •    further west, adjacent to Noosa Drive and Edgar Bennett Drive, are a host of
                         units or resort complexes, as well as a hotel, which are designated as Attached
                         Housing;




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