MCU22/0051 Representations To Development Approval For Material Change Of Use - Hardware & Trade Supplies At 178 Eumundi Noosa Road, Noosaville · Attachment 2 - (MCU22/0051) - Planning Officer'S Report

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Condition 15(d) – Street Trees
15.   The development site must be appropriately landscaped. The works must be undertaken in
      accordance with an Operational Works approval and the Noosa Plan for that specific area
      and must include in particular:
      a.    The works generally shown on the Landscape Concept Plan 155.004.SD001B,
            155.004.SD002B and 155.004.SD003B prepared by Citicene dated 9.02.2023 except
            where varied by the conditions of this approval. The landscape plans are to incorporate
            a three-tiered landscape buffer to the street frontage incorporating the following
            additional species:
            •     Corymbia tessellaris
            •     Eucalyptus intermedia
            •     Melaleuca quinquenervia
            •     Banksia integrifolia
       b.   Vegetated screening of the proposed development from Gateway Drive, designed such
            that the development is screened at maturity;
       c.   Vegetated screening of any electrical transformers, bin storage areas and the like from
            the road frontage;
       d.   Provision of 1 street tree within the road reserve for every 8 metres of road frontage
            (excluding driveways).
Applicant’s Representation
The applicant seeks clarification regarding the provision of street trees and advises:
The development has a road frontage of 50 metres to Gateway Drive. The current wording of the
condition would require the development to provide 7 street trees to that street frontage. The
condition does not account for the practical road frontage being limited by the width of the entry
and exit crossovers. The crossovers are a total of approximately 33 metres of the frontage. This
leaves 17 metres of actual frontage to accommodate street trees, making it not possible to
accommodate 7 trees.
An additional two (2) street trees can be accommodated within the road reserve. Accordingly, we
request that the wording of the condition be amended to require a total of 3 street trees within the
road reserve opposed to the current provision of 1 per 8 metres of road frontage.
Assessment of Representation
The applicants representations are considered reasonable and it is recommended the condition be
reworded to identify that driveways are excluded from the road frontage calculations.