Development Assessment Report

Project Urban – 15228                                                                                 June 2016



 Overall Outcomes                                         Comment
 Noosa Lakes Resort on Lake Doonella;
 h) Rural settlement, at varying densities consistent     Not applicable – the proposal is for low density
 with the environmental constraints of the area,          residential lots within the detached housing zone.
 offer high levels of amenity and moderate to high
 levels of convenience, accessibility and servicing;
 i) Rural settlement and open space are the               Not applicable – the subject site is not located
 dominant land uses south of the Tewantin State           south of the Tewantin State Forest.
 Forest, and serve to define the boundaries of the
 coastal urban area of Noosa;
 j) The urban boundaries of Tewantin remain               Complies – the proposed development retains a
 defined by vegetated edges provided by Tewantin          vegetated buffer to the Noosa River.
 State Forest, Harry Springs Conservation Park, Lake
 Doonella and the floodplains of the Noosa River
 and Cooroibah, Wooroi, Eenie and Keyser Creeks;
 k) The Tewantin Business Centre—                         Not applicable – the subject site is included within
      i. accommodates uses that do not detract from       the detached housing zone.
         the role of the Shire Business Centre as the
         principal business centre for Noosa;
     ii. is focused on Poinciana Avenue and serves
         the residents of the locality and wider
         hinterland, providing shops, banks, medical
         centres, professional and personal services,
         dining, social and recreational facilities,
         without compromising the small country town
         character or creating traffic congestion; and
    iii. also serves a significant employment and
         administrative role, with Council offices,
         government and community services and
         many different businesses present within the
         centre;
 l) The Tewantin Business Centre is predominantly         Not applicable – the subject site is included within
 free of through traffic, while public transport          the detached housing zone.
 ensures local accessibility for residents including
 target groups such as the elderly, youth and
 unemployed;
 m) The following roads are protected as part of          Complies – the proposed development does not
 Noosa’s major road network—                              propose access to any of the mentioned major
      i. Cooroy-Noosa Road;                               roads. The small scale of the development will
     ii. Eumundi Road;                                    result in negligible impacts on the major road
    iii. Emu Mountain Road;                               network.
    iv. McKinnon Drive, and parts of Butler Street;
     v. Poinciana Avenue;
    vi. Sections of Doonella Street, Memorial Avenue
         and Sidoni Street;
   vii. Walter Hay Drive;
  viii. Beckmans Road; and
    ix. Sunrise Road;
 n) The key character and entry-defining role of the      Not applicable – the subject site is not located on
 following roads are protected from visually              any of the mentioned roads.
 intrusive development—
      i. eastern approach along Hilton Terrace,
         looking across Lake Doonella where
         Casuarinas, Eucalyptus, Mangroves and
         Melaleucas flank the lake shore and Noosa
         Harbour Marine Village occupies the riverside;
     ii. western approach along Cooroy-Noosa Road
         past Tewantin State Forest, the golf course
         and sports fields;
    iii. northern approach along McKinnon Drive past

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Reconfiguration of a Lot
28 Elkhorn Drive, Tewantin