Town Planning Report and Appendices - Cooroibah

                  Figure 2: Opportunities to co-locate in the Cooroibah area


          Existing Structures

Where possible, nbn have looked for opportunities to utilise other forms of
existing infrastructure to ‘co-site’. Using desktop analysis and site inspection, no
opportunities for ‘co-siting’ were identified.

          Greenfield Candidates

Following the identification of the search area, several candidate sites were
examined. Each candidate was assessed based on the ability to meet the
coverage objectives and site considerations detailed above. A total of four (4)
candidates were selected by both nbn and Noosa Council for in-depth
investigation, as per Figure 3 below. nbn endeavours to avoid locating search
areas in close proximity to residential localities and potentially sensitive land
uses, where practicable. The Cooroibah area is comprised predominantly of rural
residential land uses, with smaller lot, residential properties concentrated within
the Cooroibah township to the west. As such, it is considered that the eastern
area of Cooroibah provides an appropriate location on the periphery of the



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