2017-11-07 P&E Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 1 - Amendments for Multiple Housing Type 2 Duplex & Minor Corrections

 ix.            Key public buildings which form part of Pomona’s identity including the
                School of Arts Hall, Post Office, old Courthouse, the Pomona Hotel, old ANZ




                                                                                                              Including amendments to 3 July 2017
                bank building, the railway buildings and the like are protected;




                                                                                                  The Noosa Plan
i)              For Cooran Character Area:-

     i.         The Cooran Character Area comprising the commercial precinct of Cooran
                along the south western side of King Street, extending north-west from the
                corner of Prince Street, as shown on Heritage Overlay Map OM5.2 is
                protected;

     ii.        The Cooran Character Area maintains a number of small-scale businesses,
                community buildings and residences that remain from the early to mid-
                twentieth century when the town grew into a thriving rural centre and
                railhead;

 iii.           Key places, running east to west along King Street contribute to Cooran’s
                heritage character including—

           a.   -Memorial School of Arts, c.1906 – 14 King Street;

           b.   Former Commercial Bank, c.1906 (now Country Kitchen café) – 16 King
                Street;

           c.   Former Butchers Shop, c.1905 (now private house) – 18 King Street;

           d.   Former Baker, c.1935-40 – 24A King Street;

           e.   Former Alfredsons Joinery, c1934 (Trading Post & Secondhand dealers) –
                28 King Street;

           f.   Former Railway Goods Shed, c.1890 – 30 King Street;

           g.   Former Alfredsons Joinery office/garage, c.1962 (Mill Studio) – 30 King
                Street;

 iv.            A rural railway town character derived from its discrete scale, linear form and
                confinement to the one side of King Street adjacent to the North Coast rail
                line is maintained;

     v.         Cooran is characterised by traditional building designed largely of a
                domestic form and scale or derived from conversions or additions to
                domestic buildings, that are low rise and low scale;

 vi.            The Memorial School of Arts is protected as an impressive, decorative and
                articulated building along the streetscape;

vii.            Buildings in Cooran are typified by:-

           a.   lightweight construction, with a timber frame, generally raised above ground
                on stumps, many featuring verandah elements, sunhoods to windows and
                wall openings;

           b.   gabled or hipped roof designs with moderate slope and awnings sloping
                down over the footpath and front entries represent the dominant character;

           c.   timber for cladding and corrugated iron for roofs;

viii.           Buildings abut or are positioned close to the front boundary and are framed
                by a grassed road reserve that slopes up from the street;

 ix.            Landscaped setbacks between buildings contribute to the character and
                rhythm of the streetscape and visually integrate the separate buildings into
                the surrounding rural landscape;

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                                     Heritage Overlay