MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object- Velecha Lawrey

                                                                             practice demands that service station facilities                   be set
                                                                             back a far greater distance from the School.

   2.   The      nearest       structure        on    the      school        The relevance          of this statement        is unclear         and if
        boundary            is the    pump        house for the              anything demonstrates           the proximity       of the proposed
        school pool                                                          service station        to the School pool facilities          used by
                                                                             toddlers and young children.

   3.   The        proposed             service       station           is   Visual distinction       is the least of the concerns that are
        orientated          away from          the    school and             associated      with     the   location      of a service         station
        towards         the        Eumundi-          Noosa      Road         adjacent      to,     indeed    adjoining,     a School       and      its
        frontage,           providing        visual       distinction        associated health and physical education facilities.
        between both sites.

   4.   The service           station        refuelling      area       is   The       Applicant      provides       justification
                                                                                                                    no                 for its
        sufficiently         distanced        from     the     school        assertion      that      the   Development      /tis sufficiently
        boundary which is greater than 25m.                                  distanced from the school boundary which is greater
                                                                             than 25m."


                                                                             In the contrary        we have demonstrated            elsewhere       in
                                                                             this document         that international      and Australian         best
                                                                             practice demands that service station facilities be set
                                                                             back a far greater distance from the School.

   S.   All vehicle access relating to the service                           The relevance of this statement              is once again unclear.
        station      and       future        proposed          Lot      2    The access being off Eumundi-Noosa                   Road, which is
        development            is obtained          via Eumundi-             the same as the access to the School and only a short
        Noosa Road which is more than suitably                               distance      away creates       the    potential      for increased
        distanced           from     the     school    access off            traffic     queuing      and   obstruction       along      the     short
        Walter Hay Drive.                                                    stretch of road between the two entrances.

   6. A dedicated              pedestrian         pathway       from         Again the relevance of this statement                is unclear. The
        Walter       Hay       Drive       is proposed.          This        pathway       provides     no additional       protection         for the
        pathway         connects           Walter      Hay      Drive        School children.       Indeed it provides further           unwanted
        directly       to     the     site     and     the      store        opportunity      for children to access the shop, which is
        building,      thus         reducing      any potential              undoubtedly         the main purpose of the development,
        conflict        between              pedestrians          and        that is to encourage the school children to purchase
        vehicles.                                                            from the shop and increase the profits to the owner
                                                                             at the expense of - and threat                  to -     the School
                                                                             children.


The Applicant       has also failed to respond seriously and comprehensively                                to Council's request for further
information      regarding the Airborne               Hazards in proximity to the School identified                    by Council as an area of
critical importance          to the Development              application;


   Applicant's      Response                      Objectors'     Response

   1. Benzene as an active                        The Applicant provides mere idle assertion in the face of the evidence



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