MCU14/0045 & OPW14/0268: Proposal Report

             Ref 146052 Max Davis - 18 Edward St (cnr Elizabeth St), Noosaville

      e) is designed to provide for safety and security against crime;
      f) creates comfortable and accessible homes for people with different needs through
         all stages of life;
      g) provides residents with a high degree of privacy and protection from noise, lighting
         and other environmental nuisances; and
      h) provides residents with a choice in housing types to meet their varying needs;
      i) does not adversely impact on the natural character and environmental values of
         Noosa.

The proposal is well designed and suitably located within the Noosaville Attached Housing zone.
A detailed assessment against the applicable Specific Outcomes of this Code is provided in
Appendix D.

4.2.2.3   Landscaping Code

The overall outcome is the achievement of a high quality of landscape design that—
      a) retains, reinforces and enhances the natural landscape character of the site,
         streetscape and locality;
      b) retains existing vegetation and other natural features for their ecological, aesthetic
         and cultural values;
      c) ensures the revegetation and rehabilitation of native wildlife habitat and riparian
         zones to protect and enhance ecological and biodiversity values;
      d) facilitates water management including on-site detention and the efficient infiltration
         of stormwater;
      e) enables the establishment of appropriate plantings that are of a scale and density
         commensurate with building height, bulk and scale to buffer development and
         conflicting land uses;
      f) enhances privacy between dwelling units and accommodation units;
      g) accommodates the outdoor recreation needs of dwelling occupants; and
      h) provides adequate vegetation treatment to steep slopes and unstable landforms.

A complying Landscape Design Plan is attached as Appendix E. It is therefore submitted that a
complete assessment against the Specific Outcomes of this Code is not warranted.

4.2.2.4   Engineering Works Codes

Driveways and Carparking Code
The overall outcomes sought for the Driveways and Carparking Code are the following—
      a) Safe and reasonable access to and from vehicle accommodation and standing
         areas within a property and from the public road is provided;
      b) The safety of pedestrians and cyclists is protected;
      c) Development reduces the reliance on private vehicles and promotes public and
         non-motorised transport options;
      d) Carparking spaces and the associated manoeuvring areas provided are designed
         to be safe and functional and meet the reasonable requirements of the particular
         land use;
      e) Adequate provision is made for the standing, parking, loading and unloading,
         access and manoeuvring of service vehicles within the development site;
      f) Development does not adversely impact on existing public parking;
      g) Vehicular access does not impact adversely upon existing landscaping or native
         vegetation.

Parking and access driveways have been provided in accordance with the Scheme and Australian
Standards. A detailed assessment against the applicable Specific Outcomes of this Code is
provided in Appendix D.

Earthworks Code
The overall outcomes sought for the Earthworks Code are the following—
      a) To ensure that earthworks do not unreasonably impact on the natural environment
         or other properties with regard to—
         i land stability (including differential settlement or expansion in reactive soils);

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