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use has had negative impacts on the surrounding landscape for a long period
of time, both visually and ecologically, its removal can, only provide a positive
move towards a higher local scenic quality. ° “

Landscape buffers proposed along Beach Road adjacent the East Visitor
Precinct along with the proposed dispersed built form will ensure that the
existing low scenic quality along this portion of the site is dramatically
enhanced. The vegetation buffer will provide a gradual visual transition on
approach to the Great Sandy National Park.

The proposed dispersed built form, the retention of the tree canopy, and
enhancement of the natural vegetation to the eastern hillside precinct will
mitigate potential visual impacts from distant viewpoints. These actions,
sensitive in the built form and use of building materials and colours, will
ensure that the proposed development blends with the landscape maintaining
the North Shore’s high scenic quality.

The development of the West Visitor Precinct will result in the most
prominent change to the local landscape character. . The proposed.
development will be visible from the road frontage buildings of the resort,
some sections of Maximillian. Road and from the western section of Beach.
Road, though in each instance the existing landscape fabric will be reinforced,
These areas provide the visual transition to a built form area that will address
Beach Road at its western end, Whilst set back from the road frontage, these
buildings and the relationships between the Noosa North Shore Retreat and
the subject site will assist in creation of a traffic slow point and the provision
of a shared pedestrian/vehicular environment. This land is currently cleared
with some mature trees remaining and buildings will be positioned to
maximise tree retention. Revegetation works will be undertaken to areas
between buildings to integrate the development with and reinforce the
vegetation character over the broader site.

The retention of highly valued ecological landscape zones across the site,
particularly the Central Conservation Precinct and the eastern perimeter heath
and melaleuca communities will maintain the site’s vegetated landscape
character. The protected central landscape corridor extending to the
pronounced ridgeline to the east will maintain the integrated vegetated
horizon line that is evident from distant view points such as Noosa Hill and
Lake Coorcibah.

Visual and Scenic Quality Assessment

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

 

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