Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

s) A sealed bikeway between Cooroibah and Tewantin allows residents to
commute to other localities;

t) Visitor accommodation is focused on the locality’s camping grounds, small
cabin parks and bed and breakfast style accommodation;

w) For the Rural Settlement Zone—detached housing on large lots—

          i is the dominant building form, to the general exclusion of other uses;

          ii incorporates designs that respond to, and are integrated with site
          characteristics including steep slopes and native vegetation;

          iii offers a relaxed rural lifestyle for residents;

          iv contributes to the rural or semi-rural character and amenity of the
          area;

          v may be located in close proximity to working farms or other rural
          industries;

          vi offer convenient access to Tewantin via sealed roads;

          vii include associated home-based businesses on large lots such that
          neighbours are not impacted upon; and

          viii are dominated by native vegetation and landscaping;


Compliance

Development for a ‘Tower’ is identified as an inconsistent land use within the
Cooroibah Locality – Rural Settlement Zone. However, the subject site at 23
Jirrima Crescent is considered to be an appropriate location to accommodate the
proposed Fixed Wireless facility as impacts on visual amenity will be minimal.

In order to achieve the most appropriate solution, a comprehensive site
selection process was undertaken prior to identifying a preferred site for the
development of a new facility. This process involved consideration of the site’s
ability to achieve coverage and transmission objectives, as well as minimising
visual amenity impacts to the surrounding area.

The subject site is considered to demonstrate an appropriate balance of the
abovementioned goals. The proposed facility has been appropriately located
within a rural residential area that provides for generous separation to nearby
dwellings and roads. The facility is setback more than 220 m from the closest
dwelling and more than 360 m from the Jirrima Crescent frontage.

Furthermore, the surrounding locality contains extensive areas of established
mature vegetation, which will mitigate the potential visual impacts associated



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