MCU18.0166 - Response to Information Request (amended)

and scenic features’ to be preserved and             or adjacent to that land’ (s. 8.7.2mm). Relevant
protected (s. 8.7.2f).                               outcomes for this zone include:
The Plan also seeks to protect and enhance the             Built form on sloping sites & ridgelines:
recreation values of the Mary River catchment
                                                           a) is responsive to the natural topography of
through the maintenance of the scenic and
                                                              the site and minimises the need for cut
environmental values and Noosa’s open space
                                                              and fill (eg. by stepping down the site or
network, including trails through the Cooran
                                                              using suspended floor construction);
Tablelands, Mt Cooroora and Black Mountain,
such as along Tablelands Road (Schedule 5, Map             b) does not visually dominate the hill slope or
2).                                                           interrupt the skyline;

The proposal site is located north of Cooran, ‘a           c) is integrated with the natural site
small rural village with an intimate rural                    characteristics including vegetation; and,
character and identity’ at the foothills of Mt             d) the landscape character and visual
Cooran (s. 8.7.2ff). The plan aims to maintain                amenity quality of hill slopes and
the rural heritage and character of this locality,            ridgelines are retained.’ (s. 8.36 O65-66).
including the level of privacy, open space, vistas
and accessibility. Large rural allotments and        Infrastructure Uses Code - Mary River Catchment
modest farm houses are noted as key features,
                                                     This code aims to ensure:
in particular ensuring:
                                                     (b) Infrastructure Uses do not detract from the
The scale and form of buildings and other
                                                         visual amenity of the major road network
structures are—
                                                         nor on the rural or residential amenity
i.       designed to be responsive to the rural          enjoyed by residents of and visitors to
         character and amenity of the locality;          Noosa;
ii.      designed to retain strong historical        (c) Facilities are co-located where appropriate
         connections through the use of sensitive        and practical;
         and traditional building forms; and iii.
                                                     (f)    The natural character and environmental
         integrated into the landform and
                                                            values of Noosa are protected from adverse
         landscape. (s. 8.7.2k)
                                                            impacts associated with Infrastructure Uses
The Plan also requires the design and siting of             (s. 14.37.2).
development to ensure ‘important scenic vistas
                                                     Relevant outcomes and probable solutions for
including those to and from Mt Cooroora, Mt
                                                     assessable development of infrastructure
Pinbarren and Mt Cooran are protected and
                                                     towers are set out in Table 3.1.
uninterrupted to maintain aesthetic and cultural
values of the natural landscape. (Table 8.10)
Rural Zone Code - Mary River Catchment
The proposal site is zoned ‘Rural’. The purpose
of the rural zone code is to ensure the ‘scenic
and environmental values, the distinct rural
amenity and agricultural productivity of the
locality are preserved and are not adversely
impacted as a consequence of development on




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