Request for Further Information - 010.2007.00002398.001 [As Published] · 132007.2398

7.      Provide details of building height on the elevation plans of the Community
        Building Village Centre.

8.      Provide roof plans for the Residential Aged Care and Community buildings,
        Apartment 1 & 2, and Independent Living Units demonstrating the extent of roof
        pitching and roof overhangs. Justify roof pitching less than 12 degrees.

Building Setbacks

9.      Schedule 1 of The Noosa Plan stipulates a minimum setback of 6 metres to road
        frontages for development in the Community Services Zone and also for Multiple
        Housing – Type 3 Retirement and Special Needs use. Accordingly, demonstrate
        how the proposal meets this provision, as the master plan currently shows only a
        4.5 metre setback to Elm Street, which is unacceptable given it forms part of the
        Shire’s major road network.

Building Articulation

10.     Independent Living Units, particularly designs A3-B have designs which include
        facades in excess of 15 metres in length without any articulation or variation.
        These building designs shall incorporate staggering or separating continuous
        walls into smaller sections to improve the visual amenity for residents of the other
        Independent Living Units, which directly face these blank walls.

Visual and Acoustic Amenity

11.     The report adopts an indoor noise limit of 40dBA (LAeq), which corresponds to the
        Maximum recommended level in AS2107 for a bedroom adjacent to a major
        road. Considering that the Standard defines the Maximum level as the noise
        level at which most people would become annoyed, Council requires a safety
        margin to be built into the assessment. Accordingly, Council requires the
        assessment to be based on the following internal noise criteria:

            Bedrooms 35dBA (LAeq) over the loudest hour between 10pm and 6am.

            Bedrooms and other living spaces 40dBA (LAeq) over the loudest hour
              between 6am and 10pm.

12.     The report at Section 4.6.4 incorrectly suggests that the required STC rating for
        dwelling facades is determined as the TNR +6. The Consultant is referred to
        Clauses 3.4.2.6 and 3.4.3.1 of AS3671 for a correct determination of the STC
        requirements. The building attenuation requirement shall be reassessed in
        accordance with the Standard, either based on worst-case exposures which
        would then apply to the entire site, or to a range of different noise exposures.




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