MCU22/0131 - Application For A Hospital And Health Care Service (Day Surgery And Associated Facilities) At 47 Goodchap Street, Tewantin · Attachment 1 – MCU22 0131 – Acting Coordinator Planning Report

the area. The rear building has a width of approximately 40 metres whereas a typical residential
dwelling, on a 20 metre wide lot, has a width of approximately 17 metres with the proposed large
areas of roof significantly out of character with the surrounding area. The roof form and length
walls and solid two storey brick finish is not of a domestic scale and will be highly visible to the
adjoining residents.




                      Figure 7 – Rear elevation - visible to residents in Hillcrest Ave



The design has not continued the unique and somewhat discreet presentation of the Noosa
Hospital buildings, designed as small individual pods within a vegetated setting. It also offers no
integration or internal connection to the existing hospital, with the only connection evident on the
site plan being via the external public pathway.
While some community uses and small-scale services and facilities may be appropriate in low
density residential neighbourhoods, such uses are only intended where they support local
residents. This proposal will service the wider community with the applicant advising it is to house
an oncology ward, by re-locating the existing oncology ward from the adjoining Noosa Hospital, to
ease the pressures on the existing hospital especially in relation to the emergency department.
Use Codes
The Overall Outcomes of the Community Activities Code are detailed below:
(a)   Community activities are located in a zone and on a site suitable for the use with adequate
      supporting infrastructure, services, transport and road network connectivity.
(b)   Community activities are located in proximity to its population catchment and operated in a
      manner that maximises community benefit.
(c)   Where practicable, community activities are integrated and co-located with other community,
      recreation or business activities.
(d)   Community activities are designed and sited in a manner that responds to the zone and the
      locality, streetscape characteristics and surrounding land uses.
(e)   Community activities respect Noosa’s natural environmental values.
(f)   Community activities manage potential negative impacts such as noise, privacy, lighting and
      hours of operation on adjacent residential land uses.
The performance outcomes of the Code further state:
PO1
Community activities are located in a zone and on a site suitable for its intended purpose, is
accessible to its patrons and supported by adequate infrastructure and services.
PO3
Community activities are of a type, scale and intensity consistent with the zone, locality and
character of the area in which it is located.
AO3