6. Code assessment

Noosa Plan 2020: Amendment 2
Part 8 Overlays \ 8.2 Overlay codes \ 8.2.8 Landslide Hazard Overlay Code




Performance outcomes                                      Acceptable outcomes                                              Comments

Sloping sites, landscape character and scenic amenity

PO3                                                       AO3.1                                                            Complies – Existing buildings are not more than two
Development, including associated access, is              Buildings present no more than two storeys at any one            stories.
designed and constructed to:                              point when viewed from the road or other public space.
(a) be responsive to the natural topography and           AO3.2
     constraints imposed by the slope;                    Buildings and associated accesses are not constructed            Complies – Existing structures are not constructed
(b) retain the natural landforms, landscape               on land with a slope greater than 25%.                           on land with a slope greater than 25%.
     character, vegetation, including the visual          AO3.3
     amenity of hill slopes and ridgelines;               No additional lots intended to provide house sites are
(c) visually integrate into the streetscape and the       created on land with a slope of 25% or greater.
     natural surrounds; and                               AO3.4                                                            Complies – Existing structures are designed to
(d) ensure buildings and structures are not visually      Buildings are designed to follow the natural landform            follow the existing landform.
     obtrusive, particularly from ridgelines, public      rather than modify it.
     open spaces, scenic routes and other critical        Editor's note- Designs that step down the slope using split
     vantage points, outside the site.                    level construction or elevated construction on suspended
                                                          floors are a preferred alternative to standard slab on ground
                                                          construction reliant on cut and fill of sites.
                                                          AO3.5                                                            N/A
                                                          The extent of filling or excavation is revegetated
                                                          immediately following completion of the works.
                                                          AO3.6                                                            N/A – No car parking structures proposed.
                                                          Any building, including any associated car parking
                                                          structure:-
                                                          (a) has a maximum undercroft height at the
                                                                perimeter of the building of 3 metres above
                                                                ground level; or
                                                          (b) incorporates landscape screening for the full
                                                                height of any undercroft higher than 3 metres
                                                                above ground level at the perimeter of the
                                                                building.
                                                          Editor's note- Vertical battens are also useful to enclose the
                                                          undercroft area.
                                                          AO3.7 On sloping sites roof lines are generally parallel         Complies – Proposal does not modify existing
                                                          with contours of the land and roof pitch does not                approved on-site structures.
                                                          exceed 15 degrees.


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