PM Submission Object - Marlee Harrison - MCU16/0153 & REC16/0041

                     secondary dwelling will require a separate carpark which will not be available if
                     the present DA is approved.

                     I submit that the secondary dwelling should either be removed in its entirety or,
                     at very least, the associated kitchen and living area should not be approved.

                     The current DA proposes that these Reed Beach Houses will be for permanent
                     residents and with 2 persons sharing each of four bedrooms that could result in
                     80 permanent residents in the Reed Beach House alone.

                     As stated in the Information Request at page 9 of 13
                            “The proposed land use is a substantial variation from that which has
                            previously been approved on the site or is supported under the Open Space
                            Recreation Zone. As the proposed style of development is more consistent
                            with that expected to be found within the nearby Semi-Attached Housing
                            Zone it is considered that the development should be compatible to both the
                            Specific Outcomes and Probable Solutions for the Eastern Beaches Locality
                            related to the Semi-Attached Housing Zone and the existing built form and
                            established character within Peregian Beach.

                     COMMENT: in the my opinion, the design for the Reed Beach Houses is upside
                     down. The bedrooms should be on the ground floor and the living areas on the
                     first floor. This would enable the living areas to have greater solar access and, if
                     the secondary dwelling units are removed, give them the possibility of some
                     outlook, which is not available with the current design.

                     14. Building Heights
                     As a result of the proposed filling of the site both the Multiple Housing dwellings
                     and Visitor Accommodation/Shared Housing building exceed the preferred
                     maximum building height. Of particular concern is the height of the Hotel/Motel
                     building and how this may affect vistas from David Low Way towards the
                     National Park and Cooroy Mountain. If the DA is approved, Council will need to
                     specify the height of this building to ensure that the vista is maintained.

                     15. Relevant period of approval
                     The first development application by this developer for this site was lodged in
                     2009. The developer received the first approval for developing accommodation
                     in 2010. Now in 2017, the developer is seeking another approval to build, not
                     budget visitor accommodation but, in the main, permanent resident
                     accommodation. In the intervening years, despite having approval the developer
                     has not constructed any accommodation units on the site. The developer,
                     therefore, since 2009, has deprived visitors to Peregian Beach of the low cost
                     visitor accommodation that the caravan park provided.

                     If Council were to approve this DA in any form, I request that the period of
                     approval be reasonable but short and that the staging be reversed to provide for
                     the Hotel to be exclusively for visitor accommodation with the possible
                     exception of one or two manager/caretaker’s units. I also request that the
                     developer be informed that the period of approval will not be extended.


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