Request for Further Information - 010.2007.00002398.001 [As Published] · 132007.2398

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3.    To assist in determining the maximum height of the development, provide an extract of the site
      plan for the Apartment Building and Residential Aged Care Facility indicating site contours and
      reduced levels to top of roof lines.
Setbacks
4.    Schedule 1 of The Noosa Plan stipulates a minimum setback of 6 metres to road frontages for
      development in the Community Services Zone and also for Multiple Housing – Type 3
      Retirement and Special Needs use. The proposed setback for Independent Living Units to
      Elm Street and Lamonts Road is unacceptable as it does not allow sufficient space for the
      acoustic fence in this location to be setback from the site’s boundary to landscape screening
      to be provided between the fence and the road, and also to allow for landscaping screening
      between the fence and the Independent Living Units, whilst still allowing for private open
      space areas.
5.    Independent Living Units adjacent to Lot 1 shall be setback a minimum of 2 metres to protect
      the amenity of the adjoining property.
Acoustic Amenity
6.    Acoustic matters are still being reviewed, with any additional information required to be
      requested under separate cover.
Overlays
7.    Concerns are raised that the proposed layout results in residential accommodation (Aged
      Care Facility and Independent Living Units) being within the Gas Pipeline Buffer under the
      Natural Resources Overlay. The fact that Council has previously approved lot reconfiguration
      applications on nearby land is unjustified as these were not approved under The Noosa Plan.
      Accordingly, it is recommended that you seek written advice from the owner of the Gas
      Pipeline regarding the proposed development within the Gas Pipeline Buffer.
8.    Areas of the site are identified as being subject to Potential Extractive Resource Influence
      under the Natural Resources Overlay. Accordingly, the development shall address measures
      to mitigate noise and other impacts emanating from existing and potential extractive uses and
      transportation routes.
Land Development
Sewer and Water
1.    The Engineering Assessment Report submitted by Brown Consulting in support of the
      application identifies two options, pumping and gravity for the connection of the property to the
      existing sewerage networks.
      Council policy is that all properties shall be connected by gravity to the existing sewerage
      system when the existing system is capable of accommodating connection by gravity. In this
      case, the existing system is capable of providing gravity connection. In this respect the
      applicant is requested to amend reporting to include the gravity only option.
Civil works
2.    Please provide assessment of the impact of the northern access (Trading Post Road) and the
      western access (Lemontes Road) to the development on the existing trees and vegetation.
Stormwater and Stormwater Quality Management Assessment
3.    In respect of the Concept Stormwater Management Plan for Cooroy Retirement Village by
      Brown Consulting, dated June 2008 please indicate whether the detention of water within
      rainwater tanks was considered in the ‘DRAINS’ peak discharge modelling.