BAC Letter 15 May 2012 · MCU12/0023

Barry Cotterell,
P.O. Box 275,
Peregian Beach Qld 4573
15 May 2012

The Assessment Manager,
Sunshine Coast Regional Council,
Locked Bag 72,
Sunshine Coast MC Qld 4560

Dear Sir/Madam,

Scanlon Property Group Pty Ltd - Application MCU 12/0023
Peregian Beach Caravan Park

Further to my letter of objection of 13 May 2012, in relation to the application for the addition of the Juliet balconies, I think that the doors and the windows to these balconies will hardly ever be opened because they face South East - into the prevailing cold winter wind/ rain/nasty weather and the occupants will be subjected to constant traffic noise along David Low Way.

This new internal layout/small room configuration is a tragic compromise to good design principles for accommodation in a subtropical climate.

The proposed dinky 'Juilette' balconies on the 'new motel room' plans facing South East have poor passive design orientation that surely conflicts with section J of the BCA. Only two units out of fourteen have outdoor areas that provide a northern passive solar orientation.

Only three of the fourteen units have cross air ventilation. The two units with cross air ventilation face south east and have no access to northern light.
Not one of the proposed new balconies has any access to the midday sun in winter and will subjected to our prevailing cold south easterly.

Surely accommodation fully reliant on air-conditioning would not be supported by the Noosa Town Plan and the objectives of SCRC. Only two units out of fourteen have outdoor areas that provide a northern passive solar orientation. Only three of the fourteen units have cross air ventilation. The two units with cross air ventilation face south east and have no access to northern light.

Not one of the proposed new balconies has any access to the mid day sun in winter and will subjected to our prevailing cold south easterly. The same reason the pub is a cold windy barn.

Surely SCRC cannot approve of a new building designed this way!

Yours faithfully,

Barry Cotterell
B.A., LLB, M.Pub. Admin., Barrister

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