Council Report - 45 Maple Street, Cooroy (MCU23 0007 AND RAL23 0001) (As Published) · MCU23/0007

               PO14
               Development contributes to housing choice and diversity, including small dwellings, affordable
               housing and accessible housing..
               The proposal generally complies with the Local Plan Area Code outcomes proposing attached
               housing in the form of small dwellings that will operate as affordable rentals, close to the town
               centre and increasing housing choice in Cooroy. The proposal also maintains the country town
               feel, retaining the existing Queenslander to Maple Street with the new buildings generally
               respectful of the traditional built form and streetscape.


               3.3.2     Overlay Codes
               Part of the site (45 Maple St) is mapped as being within the Heritage and Character Area Overlay,
               specifically identified as a Character area. The lot fronting Myall Street is not subject to this code.
               The following overall outcomes and performance outcomes are applicable to the proposal:
               (c)     Development in a character area is sympathetic to the streetscape character and heritage
                       values of the area by retaining buildings, structures and other elements that contribute to
                       the preferred character of the area and by complementing the predominant building styles
                       in the street.
               (d)        For Cooroy-Maple Street Character Area:
                       (i)    The historic business centre of Cooroy extending from Marara St in the north to
                              Crystal Street in the south, including 9-73 Maple Street and 19 Crystal Street, as
                              shown on Heritage Overlay Map is retained and protected.
                       (ii) Business, community and residential buildings from the early to mid-twentieth
                              century, which influence the character of the area are retained.
                       (iv) Development reflects country town character elements reminiscent of Cooroy’s
                              heritage characteristics.
                       (v) Development maintains and reflects the historic architectural features in Cooroy
                              including the traditional building designs of a predominately low rise and low impact
                              scale, typified by lightweight construction, with a timber frame, generally raised above
                              ground on stumps, many featuring verandah elements, sunhoods and awnings to
                              window and wall openings and simple roof designs, either gabled or hipped. Typical
                              materials used include timber for cladding and corrugated iron for roofs.
                       (viii) Development along Maple Street, south of the business centre maintains a domestic
                              scale and form consistent with the Queensland vernacular with landscaped setbacks
                              and front yards without front fences, and low impact domestic scale buildings that
                              contribute to the open character of this part of the character area.
               PO3
               Development does not:
               (a)   reduce public access to the local heritage place;
               (b)   result in a local heritage place being obscured from public view; and
               (c) obscure or destroy any pattern of an historic subdivision, the landscape setting or the scale
                    and consistency of the urban fabric relating to the local heritage place or character area.
               PO8
               The valued streetscape character within character areas are protected through the retention of
               buildings that contribute positively to that character.
               PO9
               Development in character areas is compatible with the setting and valued streetscape character
               by—
               (a) respecting the form, bulk, scale and height of heritage sites or character buildings within the
                    streetscape;
               (b)    complementing original roof forms and pitch within the streetscape;
               (c) locating building works to the rear of the existing building or to where they are not visible or
                    overly obtrusive from the street or public places;




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Version: 1, Version Date: 22/10/2026