MCU14/0053 - Proposal Report

Proposal Report        Proposed Material Change of Use of Premises for Retail Business - Type 2 Shop and Salon over Land situated at 15 Noosa Drive, Noosa Heads
                       described as Lot 6 on N21827
Applicant:             Cammeray Investments Pty Ltd



7 . 2 .2 A p p l ic ab l e C ode s

The proposed use is indicated as being impact assessable and is required to be assessed against the
provisions of The 2006 Noosa Plan. The Codes that are most relevant with regard to this proposal
include the:

                  •   Noosa Heads Locality Code
                  •   Business Uses Code
                  •   Engineering works Codes
                  •   Landscaping Code


             7.2.2.1 Noosa Heads Locality Code

Division 15 – Specific Outcomes and Probable Solutions for the Noosa Heads Locality


Specific Outcomes                                       Probable solutions                                    Response to SO/PS
                                                        (if code assessable)
Effects of use


Amenity                                                                                                       Complies – The proposal, being for
O1 Uses are located, designed and operated              No solution provided.                                 additional use area, is located on the
to avoid significant adverse changes to the                                                                   side and rear of the existing approved
light, air quality, noise, accessibility, or other                                                            use area. Access to the use, and visual
conditions enjoyed by users of associated,                                                                    amenity from streetscape vantage
adjoining or nearby uses.                                                                                     points, are not altered because of the
                                                                                                              proposal.

Major road network
O2 The visual amenity and character                     No solution provided.                                 Complies – As above, the
surrounding the major road network,                                                                           proposal, being for additional use
including Sunshine Beach Road (David Low                                                                      area, is located on the side and
Way), Eenie Creek Road, Noosa Drive and                                                                       rear of the existing approved use
Noosa Parade, is protected and enhances                                                                       area. Access to the use, and visual
the entrances to Noosa Heads through—                                                                         amenity from streetscape vantage
a)      retaining and enhancing the visual                                                                    points, are not altered because of
        and physical separation of Noosa                                                                      the proposal.
        Heads from neighbouring localities;
b)      ensuring future development does not                                                                  Due to the existing streetscape and
        encroach upon existing vegetation                                                                     pedestrian access being retained, no
        within the road reserve; and                                                                          encroachment upon the road (reserve)
c)      utilising dense landscaping and earth                                                                 or visual or physical separation is
        mounding (rather than fencing and                                                                     proposed.
        walls) for visual screening and noise
        attenuation;
AND

O3 Development generates traffic demands                                                                      Complies – The additional use area is
that are consistent with the future capacity of                                                               primarily for storage, and a small
the road network.\                                                                                            amount of additional retail space. As
                                                                                                              such, the additional area is for increased
                                                                                                              operability of the site for retail purposes,
                                                                                                              not just an enlargement of the retail
                                                                                                              space. It is not considered that such a
                                                                                                              low increase in floor area will have a
                                                                                                              detrimental effect on traffic demand.

Scenic vistas
O4 Aesthetic and cultural values of the                 No solution provided.                                 Complies – No clearing or earthworks are
natural landscape are maintained through                                                                      proposed as part of the use. It follows that
protecting important scenic vistas—                                                                           no change to the natural landscape or
a)      from the streets, beaches and other                                                                   scenic vistas will eventuate because of the
        public spaces;                                                                                        proposal.
b)      to the ocean, river, coastal lowlands
        and the vegetated backdrop of Noosa
        Hill;
c)      within Little Cove– vistas over Laguna
        Bay and to the Noosa National Park
        and the vegetation stands, part of the
        hills and sand dunes;
d)      within Cooloola and Weyba Park


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