Appendix J - Code Assessment · RAL25/0004

significant vegetation contributing to the setting and   AO5.2                                                                 Not applicable.
character of the local plan area.                        Development retains and enhances existing mature trees and
                                                         character vegetation contributing to the vegetated backdrop and       The subject site is not identified in the areas
                                                         streetscape character of the local plan area including:               outlined in AO5.2.

                                                         a)   mature trees, particularly along Maple and Emerald Avenue,
                                                              Mary River Road, Myall Street and Elm Street;
                                                         b)   riparian vegetation adjacent to the Cooroy Creek and
                                                              tributaries of Six Mile Creek within the local plan area; and
                                                         c)   other character vegetation and landscaping where identified
                                                              on Figure 7.2.2.4. (Cooroy Framework and Character Plan)
PO6                                                      AO6.1                                                                 Complies.
Development retains and enhances key contextual          Development enhances and does not intrude upon important
views, to Mt Cooroy, Black Mountain range and other      sightlines to Mt Cooroy.
views to the rural and open spaces around Cooroy.        AO6.2                                                                 Not applicable.
                                                         For Cooroy district centre, buildings and structures do not
                                                         significantly interrupt or encroach upon key contextual views as
                                                         identified on Figure 7.2.2.4 (Cooroy Framework and Character
                                                         Plan) and shown in Figure 7.2.2.6.
Built form and streetscape
PO7                                                      AO7.1                                                                 Not applicable.
Buildings, structures and landscaping are consistent     Development retains or reuses buildings that have cultural
with and reflective of the traditional country town      heritage or townscape significance, including where subject to        No built form proposed. All existing built form will
character of Cooroy in terms of form, proportion,        the Heritage and Character Overlay (as mapped in Schedule 2) or       be retained (see Appendix C & E for details).
composition and use of materials.                        identified as a heritage site or character area on Figure
                                                         7.2.2.4 (Cooroy Framework and Character Plan).

                                                         Editor’s Note— Section 8.2.7 (Heritage and Character
                                                         Overlay) sets out requirements for development on heritage
                                                         places and in character areas.
                                                         AO7.2                                                                 Not applicable.
                                                         Development is compatible with existing buildings including
                                                         Federation and Art Deco styles, without mimicking such styles.        See AO7.1 comment.
                                                         AO7.3                                                                 Not applicable.
                                                         Roof forms use traditional Queensland style roof designs,
                                                         including gable, hip and valley, pitched, or multiple gable roof      See AO7.1 comment.
                                                         forms with a roof pitch of no less than five degrees, examples
                                                         shown in Figure AP3-6B.
                                                         AO7.4                                                                 Not applicable.
                                                         For residential buildings, roof form is visible from the street and
                                                         not concealed behind parapets.                                        See AO7.1 comment.