MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Jenelle Wilson

                                                                             practice demands that service station facilities be set
                                                                             back a far greater distance from the School.

   2.   The      nearest       structure        on    the      school        The relevance           of this statement         is unclear         and if
        boundary            is the    pump        house for the              anything demonstrates            the proximity       of the proposed
        school pool                                                          service station         to the School pool facilities            used by
                                                                             toddlers and young children.

   3. The          proposed             service       station           is   Visual distinction        is the least of the concerns that are
        orientated          away from          the school and                associated       with     the   location      of a service          station
        towards         the        Eumundi-          Noosa       Road        adjacent       to,     indeed    adjoining,      a School         and       its
        frontage,           providing        visual       distinction        associated health and physical education facilities.
        between both sites.

   4. The service station                    refuelling       area      is   The       Applicant      provides       no    justification         for     its
        sufficiently         distanced        from      the school           assertion       that     the    Development          Ilis     sufficiently
        boundary which is greater than 2Sm.                                  distanced from the school boundary which is greater
                                                                             than 25m."


                                                                             In the contrary         we have demonstrated                elsewhere       in
                                                                             this document          that international      and Australian             best
                                                                             practice demands that service station facilities be set
                                                                             back a far greater distance from the School.

   5.   All vehicle access relating to the service                           The relevance of this statement               is once again unclear.
        station      and       future        proposed          lot      2    The access being off Eumundi-Noosa                    Road, which is
        development            is obtained          via Eumundi-             the same as the access to the School and only a short
        Noosa Road which is more than suitably                               distance      away creates        the    potential      for increased
        distanced           from     the     school     access off           traffic     queuing      and    obstruction       along       the     short
        Walter Hay Drive.                                                    stretch of road between the two entrances.

   6. A dedicated              pedestrian         pathway        from        Again the relevance of this statement                 is unclear. The
        Walter       Hay       Drive       is proposed.              This    pathway       provides     no additional        protection          for the
        pathway         connects           Walter       Hay     Drive        School children.        Indeed it provides further             unwanted
        directly       to     the     site     and      the     store        opportunity      for children to access the shop, which is
        building,      thus         reducing      any      potential         undoubtedly          the main purpose of the development,
        conflict        between              pedestrians             and     that is to encourage the school children to purchase
        vehicles.                                                            from the shop and increase the profits to the owner
                                                                             at the expense           of - and threat         to -         the School
                                                                             children.


The Applicant       has also failed to respond seriously and comprehensively                                 to Council's request for further
information      regarding the Airborne               Hazards in proximity             to the School identified         by Council as an area of
critical importance          to the Development             application:


   Applicant's      Response                      Objectors'         Response

   1. Benzene as an active                       The Applicant provides mere idle assertion in the face of the evidence



                                                                                                                                                        24