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In accordance with the Level of Assessment Tables of the Planning Scheme “Commercial
Business Type 2 - Medical” is listed as Impact Assessable where not in conjunction with a
Community Use. Therefore this Development Application requires Impact Assessment.
The overall outcomes sought for the Community Services Zone within the Cooroy and Lake
Macdonald Locality Code include the following:

       For the Community Services Zone—land committed or planned for community
       purposes—
         (i)  is protected and managed to enable the efficient and timely delivery of
              community services; and
        (ii)  is consistent with the indoor recreation, education, health, social and safety
              needs of the local community, including people with special needs, such as the
              elderly, children, low-income earners and disabled persons;

The proposed development is considered to satisfy all Overall Outcomes identified for the
Community Services Zone. A response to Overall Outcomes is provided herein:

   a) The proposed development provides a doctor’s practice within close proximity to
      residential and retirement developments. The location of the doctor’s practice
      provides convenient medical services in an efficient manner and at an appropriate
      scale for the locality.

   b) The proposed doctor’s practice is consistent with the health needs of the community
      by providing health services in a convenient location for elderly persons, general
      public, children and disabled persons in the vicinity of the subject site.

It is therefore considered that the proposed development sufficiently addresses the Overall
Outcomes for the Community Services Zone and is a justified use in this Zone.

       7.1.2 Relevant Codes
In accordance with the Noosa Plan 2006, the following Planning Scheme Codes are
considered applicable to this Impact Assessable Development Application over the subject
site:
Zone Code
       1. Community Services Zone within Cooroy & Lake Macdonald Locality Code (Part
          6)




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