Appendix A - Response to Noosa Plan

Overall Outcomes                                                                          Comments
rural and ocean vistas are key features;                                                  bushland, open space setting are key features.
bb) Rural communities have relatively close proximity to services and recreation          Noted.
attractions in the coastal urban part of Noosa including Tewantin, Noosaville, Noosa
Heads, Cooroy and areas to the south;
cc) Rural settlements are largely without reticulated water and sewerage;                 Noted.
dd) Access to Noosa-Eumundi Road and the coastal centres of Noosa is maintained for       Not Applicable.
residents in Doonan;
ee) The urban boundaries of Tewantin remain defined by vegetated edges provided by        The site is not located in Tewantin.
Tewantin State Forest, Harry Springs Conservation Park, Lake Doonella and the
floodplains of the Noosa River and Cooroibah, Wooroi, Eenie and Keyser Creeks;
ff) – gg)                                                                                 Not applicable.
hh) The following roads are protected as part of Noosa’s major road network—              The site is situated adjacent to Walter Hay Drive. The major road network is protected
i Cooroy-Noosa Road;                                                                      through limited access arrangements as proposed on the amended plan of development.
ii Eumundi Road;
iii Emu Mountain Road;
iv McKinnon Drive, and parts of Butler Street;
v Poinciana Avenue;
vi Sections of Doonella Street, Memorial Avenue and Sidoni Street;
vii Walter Hay Drive;
viii Beckmans Road; and
ix Sunrise Road;
ii) The key character and entry-defining role of the following roads are protected from   The proposed very low density development includes vegetated buffers which protect the
visually intrusive development—                                                           character and entry- defining nature of Walter Hay Drive.
i eastern approach along Hilton Terrace, looking across Lake Doonella where Casuarinas,
Eucalyptus, Mangroves and Melaleucas flank the lake shore and Noosa Harbour Marine
Village occupies the riverside;
ii western approach along Cooroy-Noosa Road past Tewantin State Forest, the golf course
and sports fields;
iii northern approach along McKinnon Drive past Harry Springs Conservation Park and
open space associated with rural settlement and sports fields; and
iv from the south along Walter Hay Drive and Eumundi Road, flanked by State Forest,
bushland and rural residential development;
jj) Tewantin contributes to the Shire’s social and economic well-being through the        Not applicable.
retention of—
i the significant business and community activities generated in or by the Tewantin



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