2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 2 - Final New Noosa Plan Part 1-3 and 5-6 Track Change version

      Performance outcomes                                               Acceptable Outcomes
                                                                         (c)    incorporating landscape treatments to visually screen
                                                                                and soften development; and
                                                                         (d)    incorporating building materials and external finishes
                                                                                that are compatible with the site’s visual character and
                                                                                landscape setting.

                                                                         Editor’s Note— Residential buildings should be predominantly
                                                                         finished in colours and materials that blend well with the colours
                                                                         and hues of the surrounding vegetation and landscape without
                                                                         causing glare or reflection.
                                                                         For agricultural buildings, colours and textures that blend with
                                                                         the natural setting are preferred however if not practical,
                                                                         buildings should at least be well maintained and/or visually
                                                                         screened.
      PO14
      The visual amenity of Lake Macdonald, its foreshores and           No acceptable outcome provided
      immediate surrounds are maintained or improved including
      views:
      (a)   from the lake;
      (b)   to the lake and beyond when viewed from private lands
            and from public areas, including the Botanical Gardens.

      Sloping sites and ridgelines
      PO15                                                               AO15.1
      The landscape character and visual amenity quality of hill         BuildingsTo protect scenic amenity and other landscape
      slopes and ridgelines are retained and buildings and               qualities, buildings, structures and associated accessways are
      structures:                                                        not constructed on land with a slope greater than 25%.
      (a)   are visually responsive to the natural topography of the
            site, sitting within the landscape rather than dominating    AO15.2
            it;                                                          On propertiessloping locatedsites or on ridgelines orat
                                                                         wherethe uppermost edge of a hill slope gradient exceeds
      (b)   step down slopes or use suspended floor construction,
                                                                         15%:
            minimising cut and fill and avoiding benching of the site;
                                                                         (a)    roof lines are generally parallel with contours of the land;
      (c)   allow for retention of natural vegetation that assists in
            screening or visually softening development; and             (b)    roofs do not exceed a pitch of 15 degrees; and

      (d)   incorporate materials, finishes and colours that             (c)    buildings do not protrude above the height of prevailing
            complement the natural setting and integrate with the               vegetation.
            landscape and skyline.
                                                                         Editor's note­ refer to Figure 6.9.1A and Figure 6.9.1B.
                                                                         and Figure AP3­3B.

                                                                         AO15.3
                                                                         Cut or fill is less than 1.5 metres in depth relative to natural
                                                                         ground surface.

                                                                         Editor’s Note— On visually prominent hill slopes or ridgelines
                                                                         residential buildings should be predominantly finished in
                                                                         colours and materials that blend well with the colours and hues
                                                                         of the surrounding vegetation and landscape without causing
                                                                         glare or reflection. Broad expanses of a single colour are less
                                                                         desirable and where possible should be broken up by other
                                                                         colours or design elements. Shades in the violet, blue, green
                                                                         and yellow­green side of the spectrum, as well as greys or
                                                                         browns, should be appropriate with whites or bright colours
                                                                         restricted to trimmings.
                                                                         For agricultural buildings, colours and textures that blend with
                                                                         the natural setting are preferred however if not practical,
                                                                         buildings should at least be well maintained and/or visually


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