2017-06-06 - P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Alignment Amendments Part 1 (Pages 1-907)

 ix.           Key public buildings which form part of Pomona’s identity including the
               School of Arts Hall, Post Office, old Courthouse, the Pomona Hotel, old ANZ




                                                                                                             Including amendments to 3 July 2017
               bank building, the railway buildings and the like are protected;




                                                                                                 The Noosa Plan
i)             For Cooran Character Area:-

     i.        The Cooran Character Area comprising the commercial precinct of Cooran
               along the south western side of King Street, extending north-west from the
               corner of Prince Street, as shown on Heritage Overlay Map OM5.2 is
               protected;

     ii.       The Cooran Character Area maintains a number of small-scale businesses,
               community buildings and residences that remain from the early to mid-
               twentieth century when the town grew into a thriving rural centre and
               railhead;

 iii.          Key places, running east to west along King Street contribute to Cooran’s
               heritage character including—

              -Memorial School of Arts, c.1906 – 14 King Street;

              -Former Commercial Bank, c.1906 (now Country Kitchen café) – 16 King
               Street;

              -Former Butchers Shop, c.1905 (now private house) – 18 King Street;

              -Former Baker, c.1935-40 – 24A King Street;

              -Former Alfredsons Joinery, c1934 (Trading Post & Secondhand dealers) –
               28 King Street;

              -Former Railway Goods Shed, c.1890 – 30 King Street;

              -Former Alfredsons Joinery office/garage, c.1962 (Mill Studio) – 30 King
               Street;

 iv.           A rural railway town character derived from its discrete scale, linear form and
               confinement to the one side of King Street adjacent to the North Coast rail
               line is maintained;

     v.        Cooran is characterised by traditional building designed largely of a
               domestic form and scale or derived from conversions or additions to
               domestic buildings, that are low rise and low scale;

 vi.           The Memorial School of Arts is protected as an impressive, decorative and
               articulated building along the streetscape;

vii.           Buildings in Cooran are typified by:-

              lightweight construction, with a timber frame, generally raised above ground
               on stumps, many featuring verandah elements, sunhoods to windows and
               wall openings;

              gabled or hipped roof designs with moderate slope and awnings sloping
               down over the footpath and front entries represent the dominant character;

              timber for cladding and corrugated iron for roofs;

viii.          Buildings abut or are positioned close to the front boundary and are framed
               by a grassed road reserve that slopes up from the street;

 ix.           Landscaped setbacks between buildings contribute to the character and
               rhythm of the streetscape and visually integrate the separate buildings into
               the surrounding rural landscape.

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