2014-08-19 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda - Pages 1-101

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   19 AUGUST 2014




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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    19 AUGUST 2014

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                                   Figure 3: Transmission Assessment at Alternative Location 3
                   We remind Council that the Development Application does include a discussion of additional
                   alternatives sites that NBN Co considered north of Pomona Kin Kin Rd, and we highlight that
                   those locations were either inaccessible (due lack of landowner agreement) or prominently placed
                   along the major road network. Council’s Planning Director had previously counselled NBN Co not
                   to propose facilities directly adjacent to Pomona Kin Kin Rd, or faciltiies that required significant
                   tree clearing.
                   NBN Co advises that having already re-designed the broader local transmission network to
                   enable a 30m pole off Grahams Rd, and having progressed the surrounding network over the last
                   twelve months, NBN Co does not intend to carry out another re-design of the Sunshine Coast and
                   Noosa transmission network.

                   1.1 Relative Planning Merit of Alternative Sites at 55m
                   We understand that some Councillors have suggested that a 50m+ structure west of Pomona Kin
                   Kin Rd may be a preferable outcome to the 30m structure proposed off Grahams Rd. In
                   response, NBN Co respectfully submits that a lattice tower structure, approximately twice the
                   height of the monopole structure proposed at Grahams Rd, and at least four times the width,
                   would not represent a better planning outcome at Pinbarren.
                   NBN Co appreciates that while an alternative site west of Pomona Kin Kin Rd may satisfy
                   individual residents located on Grahams Rd, we maintain that an objective assessment of the
                   visual impact would not support this alternative. Importantly, we do not believe it would meet with
                   the approval of the broader community — considering that Alternative Location 1, at 1347
                   Greenridge Pinbarren Rd, is in relatively close proximity to a substantial cluster of residences.
                   Please see Figure 4 below for an aerial image illustrating the proximity of Alternative Location 1 to
                   surrounding residences.

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