Town Planning Report

        Table 11 - Overall Outcomes for the Cooroy and Lake Macdonald Locality Zone.
                                                         frontages of the site. Proposed acoustic
                                                         fencing and landscape treatment along this
                                                         frontage will be of a high standard to ensure
                                                         the amenity of the streetscape.
        ee) The water quality of Lake Macdonald is        COMPLIES.
        protected as the primary source of water          As detailed in the Engineering Services report
        supply for the coastal urban areas of Noosa       included at Attachment 8, the proposed
        and the rural towns and villages of Cooroy,       development will achieve non-worsening.
        Pomona, Cooran and Cooroibah
        ff) Water quality standards in the watercourses
        of this locality are maintained or improved
        through land management practices;
        gg) Development within the catchment is
        restricted to protect water quality and its
        associated environmental values. Subdivision
        and development within the water catchment
        is limited and much of the land will remain as
        open space
        ii) Areas of native remnant or regrowth           COMPLIES.
        vegetation, including their biodiversity and      The proposed development layout has been
        habitat values are protected                      designed to celebrate the ecological values
                                                          that exist on the subject land. The Ecological
                                                          Assessment report prepared by Saunders
                                                          Havill Group included at Attachment 10
                                                          provides further detail in respect of the
                                                          intended enhancement of this vegetation.
        jj) Access to community, sport and recreation     COMPLIES.
        facilities is protected                           The proposed development seeks to enhance
                                                          and improve the existing operations of the
                                                          Cooroy Golf Club by virtue of a newly relocated
                                                          golf club house and consequential
                                                          amendments to the golf course layout. The
                                                          intent is to retain the use of the golf course,
                                                          whilst also improving its appeal to the broader
                                                          community.
        rr) For the Rural Zone— rural land is protected   ALTERNATE SOLUTION.
        and appropriately managed such that: -            As detailed in Table 10 above, whilst the
        i Agriculture and habitat protection are the      subject land (intended to accommodate the
        dominant land uses;                               proposed Seniors Living Community) is
        ii the scenic and environmental values, the       included within the Rural Zone, the lack of a
        distinct rural amenity and agricultural           productive rural use over this portion of the
        productivity of the locality are preserved and    site within the recent past suggests that the
        are not adversely impacted as a consequence       use of the land for ongoing agricultural


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