MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Petition

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                                         The Precautionary Principle demands that, particularly in relation to
                                         young children, we address possible risks where scientific
                                         understanding is yet incomplete in a way that is not harmful. In the
                                         absence of scientific consensus that the Development is not harmful,
                                         the burden of proof that it is not harmfui falls on the Developer and the
                                         Property Owner. The Applicant provides no such evidence or assurance
                                         and in all the circumstances the Development must be rejected.


     Conclusion
     The Noosa Biosphere Reserve is sought after and special because of its natural beauty, range of plants
     and animals, the committed         groups who look after it - and the community        that strives towards
     becoming a healthy community in a healthy environment that can be enjoyed for generations.


     As parents we have chosen this environment        in which to raise and school our children because of the
     specific nature and life-style the Noosa Biosphere has to offer. It ill behoves a Developer, from outside
     of our community, with very different values, to pillage our prized neighbourhood      and strip our children
     of the clean, green, safe privilege we have sought out for them.


     A petrol station does not belong adjacent to our school.


     Indeed our children have raised concerns for the frogmouth       owls, possums, grey egrets, whistling tree
     frogs, rosella, plovers, green tree snakes, ducks and lizards that frequent the Good Shepherd Lutheran
     College's grounds, should there be an increase in traffic and a hazardous increase in air pollution and
     poisonous fumes.


     For all these reasons the proposed development application is NOT Compatible with other uses and
     works. It:

         a.   DOESNOT Maintain the safety of people, specifically children and works;

         b.   DOES NOT Avoid significant adverse impacts on the amenity enjoyed by users of other premises,
              specifically children, including acoustic and health and well being qualities;

         c.   DOESNOT Avoid significant adverse effects on the natural environment,       including native habitat
              removal, fragmentation and attrition and

         d.   DOES NOT avoid significant adverse impacts on, and compromises, the amenity enjoyed by the
              users of other premises in the adjoining Community Services, Housing and Open-space
              Recreations Zones.


     I/We urge you, the Assessment Manager, and/or the elected representatives to reject the Development
     as it conflicts with the interests of the public and its obligation to protect the health and safety of our
     school children. From the assessment above, the following contrary conclusions are able to be drawn:

         1.   The proposed use is an inappropriate     and unreasonable form of development       within the area
              in which it is located.



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