Town Planning Report

The proposed development was assessed against the provisions of the Detached Housing Zone Code and
complied where relevant with the following exceptions. Please refer to Appendix C – Code Compliance for a
full address for the Detached Housing Zone Code.

        O1

        Buildings and other structures are appropriately designed and sited to—
        a) provide amenity for users of the premises as well as preserve the visual and acoustic privacy of
             adjoining and nearby land uses;
        b) preserve any existing vegetation that will buffer the proposed building from adjoining uses;
        c) allow for landscaping to be provided between buildings;
        d) maintain the visual continuity and pattern of buildings and landscape elements within the street;
        e) for class 10a structures, do not visually dominate the street;
        f) avoid any significant adverse impacts on the natural values of waterways and their foreshores,
             including those of the Noosa River and its lakes; and
        g) do not interrupt the natural cycles of erosion and accretion of waterways and foreshore areas.

        S1.1

        The minimum setback of the Detached house or dwelling unit and associated buildings and
        structures from boundaries is not less than the minimum specified in Schedule 1.

        Response:

        Schedule 1 identifies a minimum front boundary setback for the Detached Housing Zone as 6m. The
        proposed house is setback a minimum 6m from the front boundary; however the garage is located a
        minimum 2.2m away from the font boundary. As such, a Performance Outcome is requested. It is
        considered that the proposed garage location will not result in adverse impacts on surrounding
        properties based on the following:
         The proposed garage is single storey and will not dominate the street frontage of the site;
         The bulk and scale of the proposed dwelling is consistent with surrounding developments; and,
         The proposed setback is consistent with existing dwelling setbacks along Seaview Terrace,
            particularly to the north of the site.
         The proposed front boundary setback is generally in accordance with the previously approved
            dwelling on the subject site.

        Schedule 1 also specifies a minimum side boundary setback of 2m plus 0.5m for every 3m or part
        thereof above 7.5m height. Therefore the required setback is 2.5m. The proposed side boundary
        setbacks are 1.5m from the northern boundary and 2.2m from the southern boundary. Therefore a
        performance outcome is also requested. It is considered that proposed setbacks will not impact on
        the amenity of adjoining dwellings on the following basis:
         The proposed setbacks are generally in accordance with those previously approved on-site as
             part of development application MCU12/0159.
         The 1.5m setback relates solely to the proposed rumpus room, the remaining portion of the
             house is setback a minimum of 2.4m from the northern boundary.
        Sufficient screening trees will be provided in order to maintain privacy between adjoining
        properties and the proposed dwelling in accordance with the appended Landscape Concept
        Plan.

        O8

        Buildings and other structures—
        a) are low rise and present a building height consistent with structures on adjoining and surrounding
             land;
        b) have a maximum building height of—
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