Appendix E - Noosa Plan 2020 Assessment

Performance Outcomes              Acceptable Outcomes                 Response

Amenity                           AO1                                 Complies
PO1                               Landscaping is designed,
Landscaped areas—                 planted and maintained in           The development landscaping
                                  accordance with PSP2                has been designed and will be
  a) enhance the visual                                               planted and maintained in
     amenity and natural          Landscaping.
     landscape character of                                           accordance with PSP2
     the site, streetscape and    Editor’s Note— The quantity of      Landscaping.
     local area;                  landscaped open space, including
  b) retain natural landscape     landscaped buffers, required for
     features;                    various land uses is specified in
  c) enhance buffer areas
                                  the relevant use code.
     around property
     boundaries;
  d) suit the relative size and
     nature of the
     development and its
     setting;
  e) reduce the visual impact
     of large or bulky
     structures and fencing;
  f) screen incompatible land
     uses;
  g) conceal service, car
     parking and loading
     areas; and
  h) provide privacy between
     any dwellings or
     accommodation on and
     adjoining the site to a
     height and density
     appropriate to the scale
     of the development.

Design                            AO2.1                               PO2 Complies
PO2                               Existing site trees and
Site layout and building and      landscape features such as          The development proposed a
landscape design—                 rock outcrops are integrated        site layout, building and
                                  into the development wherever       landscape that that:
    a) provides for soft
                                  possible
       landscaping to be                                              a) provides just under 40%
       established in and         AO2.2                                  soft landscaping over the
                                  Below ground components of             site that softens building
    b) around the                                                        bulk;
                                  buildings, including basement
       development;                                                   b) provides impervious areas
                                  carparks, do not extend
                                  beyond the above ground                in the front, side and rear
                                  footprint to allow for deep

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