Town Planning Report - Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy (Coast2Bay) · MCU25/0118

REPORT

reference is made to the Unit plans included in the Architectural Plans provide at Appendix B which illustrate
that each of the unit types remain under 100m2 GFA, as follows:


         Unit Type                      GFA
              a                         64m2
              c                         91m2
              d                         57m2


The development provides generous areas of communal open space for residents in both outdoor and
indoor configurations, including the indoor communal area notated on the architectural plans as being ‘Type
e’, situated at the second floor in the site’s south-eastern corner.

Table 8: Development Summary

Aspect                                                                       Yield
Multiple dwellings
    1 bedroom (Type a & d)                                                   15 units
    2 bedroom (Type c)                                                       10 units
    Total                                                                    25 units


3.3           Building Height
The proposed development has been designed to ensure compliance with the maximum height limit
prescribed by the Noosa Plan 2020, being 8 metres measured from ground level.
As discussed with Council officers during prelodgement engagement, remediation works being carried out in
conjunction with the parent operational works design will necessitate an approximate cut of 1 metre across
the site, with 75% of the excavated material to be reused on-site.
These works are expected to result in an estimated reduction of 250mm to the ground level, however given
lodgement of this development application precedes the operational works being carried out, the final levels
are yet to be confirmed by way of final survey.
Nevertheless, with reference to the Architectural proposal plans prepared by Hollindale Mainwaring
Architects (HMA) provided at Appendix B, a series of Sections and Perspective images have been included
which show both the existing ground level (EGL) compared to the legally altered ground level (LAGL)
[informed by the OPW design] to the purpose of demonstrating the relative heights both now and in future –
refer examples included at Figures 7 and 8 below.
Importantly, these plans illustrate that compliance with the 8-metre height limit will be maintained after the
site levels have been lawfully altered pursuant to the design approved under OPW25/0057.




AU213016247 | Development Application for a Material Change of Use to establish a Multiple Dwelling (Affordable Rental Premises) comprising 25
dwellings | 1 | 29 September 2025
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