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Landscape and Visual Assessment Report SEPTEMBER 2003

49 CONCLUSION

Site development will have negligible impacts on the visual amenity of the Noosa North
Shore when viewed from regional locations due to the distance of these locations to the site
and the retention and reinforcement of the site’s tree canopy.

The development will have negligible impacts on the local visual amenity when viewed from
Maximillian Road and Beach Road except in the vicinity of the western end of Beach Road.
In this location, pedestrian and vehicular safety become paramount and the use of a built
form that addresses the road frontage is necessary to assist in creating a safe environment.
Development in this location will still retain dominant trees as the primary element of the
landscape setting. In other parts of the site natural bushland will be regenerated particularly

along the road frontage consistent with the wildemess character sought for the Noosa North
Shore.

The sensitive approach to the proposed development of the site and the significant retention
of large areas of vegetation, particularly in elevated areas such as the ridgelines, ensures
thai the visual integrity and scenic quality of the site and the greater North Shore area is
maintained at a regional level. This development approach when considered at a local level
will also ensure that the local visual quality and landscape character is enhanced significantly
from its existing condition.

Overall, the development realises the development potential committed under the planning
scheme, whilst maintaining the integrity of the site’s visual and landscape values.

 

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