Planning Assessment Report · MCU19/0008

22 Arakoon Crescent, Sunshine Beach
PLANNING ASSESSMENT REPORT


 DETACHED HOUSES, SECONDARY DWELLINGS AND ANCILLARY DWELLING UNITS – RURAL OR RURAL SETTLEMENT ZONES
 Effects of works
 Sloping sites & ridgelines
 O33                                                      S33.1
 Development in a Rural or Rural Settlement Zone on       Buildings are not constructed on land with a slope                 The site is not located within the stipulated zones.
 sloping sites –                                          greater than 1 in 3 (33%).
 a) is responsive to the natural topography of the site   S33.2
 to minimise the need for cut and fill;
                                                          Buildings are of split level design that step down the             The site is not located within the stipulated zones.
 b) does not visually dominate the hill slope or          slope or are designed with a suspended floor
 interrupt the skyline; and                               construction.
 c) is visually integrated with the natural site
                                                          S33.3
 characteristics including vegetation.
                                                          Cut or fill is less than 2m in depth relative to natural           The site is not located within the stipulated zones.
                                                          ground level.
                                                          S33.4
                                                          Buildings present no more than 2 storeys at any one                The site is not located within the stipulated zones.
                                                          point.
                                                          S33.5
                                                          The distance between the ground and the lowest part                The site is not located within the stipulated zones.
                                                          of the floor of the building does not exceed 3m.
                                                          OR
                                                          S33.6
                                                          The building incorporates undercroft skirting or
                                                          screening (e.g. timber battens) to the full height of
                                                          any undercroft area exceeding 3m above the ground.
                                                          OR
                                                          S33.7
                                                          The building incorporates landscape screening for the
                                                          full height of any undercroft area exceeding 3m above
                                                          the ground.
                                                          Editor’s note: The following is a useful guide for ensuring that
                                                          buildings on sloping sites and ridgelines blend with the natural


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