Attachment 2 - Development Report - Noosa Springs Boutique Hotel by GH Australia.pdf

         from golf tour operators who provide packages that include accommodation. Although the
         spa/wellness retreat market is small, there is considerable potential to create specific products
         that attract guests for this purpose. The golf course and the spa have sufficient capacity to meet
         the expected demand by guests of the proposed hotel.

4 Hotel Design
4.1 General
       Noosa Springs design standards are one of the key elements of its master plan that protect its
       character and value. The architectural style of the proposed hotel is consistent with the nearby
       clubhouse complex and with the residential architectural style of Noosa Springs generally. In
       particular, the buildings: maximise view opportunities; enhance the sites natural features; have a
       compatible scale and relationship to the existing areas of Noosa Springs, including the clubhouse;
       and blend hard and soft landscape elements to create a sense of place.

4.2 Integration
       The proposed hotel has been designed to be integrated with the Noosa Springs clubhouse and spa
       complex, creating a destination with extensive recreation and leisure facilities. The outcomes
       expected by such integration include:
       • Avoid duplication of facilities to keep capital cost and operating expenses to a minimum;
       • Reduce the size and scale of the overall development, so far as practical;
       • Improve economies of scale and cost-effectiveness of operations;
       • Keep distance between rooms and facilities to a minimum for guest convenience; and
       • Create an atmosphere where hotel guest are part of a single, greater complex - not just
           limited to the hotel itself.

       The location of the proposed hotel site and concentration of the buildings is important to achieve
       the integration objective.

4.3 Visual Amenity
       The building design, including external materials and colours, is consistent with the Noosa Springs
       architectural style and will complement the adjacent clubhouse and spa buildings. The buildings
       appear generally as only two-storey structures from Resort Drive. So far as practical, existing
       vegetation will be retained and reinforced between the buildings and Resort Drive to provide
       some screening of the buildings from that direction.

       The hotel is generally not visible to other areas within Noosa Springs, except a small part of the
       golf course and some houses within The Palms precinct. A photographic montage with an
       illustration of the hotel from this view corridor has been prepared by a specialist consultant, Mark
       Elliott, which is acceptable. It is noted the adjacent Parkridge Noosa buildings are higher and
       considerably more visible.

       A visual amenity study was also undertaken by both our architects and consultant (addressed in
       the town planning report) from certain vantage points around and within Lake Weyba, which
       demonstrates it will have little or no impacts.



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from golf tour operators who provide packages that include accommodation. Although the
spa/wellness retreat market is small, there is considerable potential to create specific products
that attract guests for this purpose. The golf course and the spa have sufficient capacity to meet
the expected demand by guests of the proposed hotel.

4 Hotel Design

4.1

4.2

4.3

General

Noosa Springs design standards are one of the key elements of its master plan that protect its
character and value. The architectural style of the proposed hotel is consistent with the nearby
clubhouse complex and with the residential architectural style of Noosa Springs generally. In
particular, the buildings: maximise view opportunities; enhance the sites natural features; have a
compatible scale and relationship to the existing areas of Noosa Springs, including the clubhouse;
and blend hard and soft landscape elements to create a sense of place.

Integration

The proposed hotel has been designed to be integrated with the Noosa Springs clubhouse and spa

complex, creating a destination with extensive recreation and leisure facilities. The outcomes

expected by such integration include:

e Avoid duplication of facilities to keep capital cost and operating expenses to a minimum;

e Reduce the size and scale of the overall development, so far as practical;

e Improve economies of scale and cost-effectiveness of operations;

e Keep distance between rooms and facilities to a minimum for guest convenience; and

e Create an atmosphere where hotel guest are part of a single, greater complex - not just
limited to the hotel itself.

The location of the proposed hotel site and concentration of the buildings is important to achieve
the integration objective.

Visual Amenity

The building design, including external materials and colours, is consistent with the Noosa Springs
architectural style and will complement the adjacent clubhouse and spa buildings. The buildings
appear generally as only two-storey structures from Resort Drive. So far as practical, existing
vegetation will be retained and reinforced between the buildings and Resort Drive to provide
some screening of the buildings from that direction.

The hotel is generally not visible to other areas within Noosa Springs, except a small part of the
golf course and some houses within The Palms precinct. A photographic montage with an
illustration of the hotel from this view corridor has been prepared by a specialist consultant, Mark
Elliott, which is acceptable. It is noted the adjacent Parkridge Noosa buildings are higher and
considerably more visible.

A visual amenity study was also undertaken by both our architects and consultant (addressed in
the town planning report) from certain vantage points around and within Lake Weyba, which
demonstrates it will have little or no impacts.

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