2015-04-28 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               28 APRIL 2015



   This site is part of the Lake Macdonald catchment         Stormwater runoff impacts from the
     and there is a likelihood of impurities, chemicals        development may only be incremental but it
     and litter ending up in our essential water storage       is agreed that expanded urban development
     catchment.                                                within the water supply catchment is
                                                               considered to be a core planning issue.
   How will the developer ensure the water quality of
     Lake Macdonald will not be detrimentally effected         The service station design will ensure fuel
     by impurities particularly oils and fuel that will flow   forecourt areas drain to a proprietary
     overland from the site and the sites road entrance        interception device with a minimum capacity
     especially in heavy rain events?                          of 10,000L and are not subject to overland
                                                               flows or rainfall runoff.
   Some people will inevitably forget to place their
     fuel caps on after refilling and fuel will spill onto
     the road for hundreds of meters upon exiting the
     development. This is of particular concern when it
     happens in heavy rain events, which is also the
     time it will most often occur with commuters being
     rushed.

 Would create a very poor visual effect for visitors         The development will change the nature of
     (and locals) entering the Noosa Shire from the            the Cooroy’s urban fringe and its primary
     northern reaches.                                         entrance. Whether or not the development
                                                               is visually appealing is subjective but
 The site at the entrance to the Noosa Shire from            significant urban form concerns exists with
     the North is it prudent to have the first visual
                                                               the creation of a new commercial precinct at
     impression for visitors to be one of a fast food
                                                               this location.
     takeaway, petrol station, including the built form
     of a Caravan Park, cabins, and storage facilities?
     The existing rural zoning and green belt would
     appear to be more in keeping with the first
     impression council should want to portray to
     visitors and locals.
 Currently the land proposed for the development
     is rural, and as such forms an appropriate entry to
     the low-key, historic country town. Please ensure
     that Cooroy does not get started on a
     suburbanisation process that would see it look
     like nothing more than an outer Brisbane suburb.
 The proposed development would detract from
     the current “Village” feel that Cooroy has long
     worked hard to earn and sustain, the
     development would be the first sight that any
     tourist would be greeted to when coming from the
     Highway, this is not what the Cooroy Community
     requires to promote or enhance our offer of a
     “Village Community”.

   Any developmental approval must require that              The applicant has demonstrated no net
     there is no additional runoff from the site in even       flood worsening in major events, with
     the most severe of storm events. The event that           appropriate detention devices included in
     occurred in Cooroy in 2012 would be an                    the design.
     appropriate basis. The detention dam design
     should be of the highest quality with generous
     inbuilt contingency and assessed and signed off
     by an independent hydrology engineer who is a
     specialist in such works.




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