Town Planning Report · MCU23/0078

                                                                                                           mixed-use village is supported by a Main Street, civic spine and civic plaza
                                                                                                           that facilitates visual and physical pedestrian connections through the site.
                                                                                                           Notwithstanding, as was envisaged by the Noosa Plan 2020, the site adopts a
                                                                                                           pedestrian bridge through the environmental corridor, connecting the
                                                                                                           proposal to the existing Noosa civic.
                                                                                                           The connections are categorised by the Noosa Style with the use of natural,
                                                                                                           light weight materials and high quality landscaping.

 b) Limited additional retail uses concentrate in the main street which forms the core of the precinct Compliant
    with continuous active street frontages and public realm with a high standard of landscaping The development is mixed-use in nature. The positioning of these uses has
    providing good amenity and onstreet parking.                                                       been strategically designed as to ensure that retail uses do not concentrate
                                                                                                       along the main street, and that natural surveillance of the main street can be
                                                                                                       enhanced at both day and night. As per Appendix A – Architectural Plans, the
                                                                                                       main street frontages incorporate predominately retail and residential uses,
                                                                                                       further supported by commercial activities. The mix of uses enhance activity
                                                                                                       along the main street frontage across the day and into the night.
                                                                                                           In preserving the amenity and in alignment with the Noosa Style, the
                                                                                                           frontages are thoughtfully landscaped to provide for the majority of parking
                                                                                                           below ground, supplemented by at grade screened parking and on-street
                                                                                                           parking.

 c)   Buildings, where not located on a site identified as having a primary active frontage, develop in a Compliant
      pavilion style allowing for pedestrian permeability and landscaping between buildings to overall The civic spine facilitates active frontages along the buildings that do not front
      create a place recognisable as having a Noosa style.                                                a formalised street or road. The civic spine incorporates high standard
                                                                                                          landscaping and materials that reflect the Noosa Style, with clear pedestrian
                                                                                                          permeability through visual and physical connections..

 d) Car parking is located to the rear of or under a building and screened from the street, or otherwise Compliant
    without a presentation to the primary frontage and with good connectivity for pedestrians to other Car parking is located predominately via an underground format that screens
    destinations within the precinct.                                                                    the parking from view, with some parking at grade and screened from view
                                                                                                         by buildings along Main Street. There is also a small number of on-street
                                                                                                         parking as contemplated on Main Street. Although the parking is not
                                                                                                         presented to a primary frontage, the proposed car parking remains


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