Development Assessment Report · MCU15/0122

KHA DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS – 15180                                                                   December 2015



                          ELEMENT                                           PROPOSAL
viii. Uses that comprise a large component of             Complies: The subject site is not intended by the
      Commercial and Retail business uses or other        planning scheme to be used for industrial business
      non-industrial uses are not located on land that    uses.
      is otherwise intended for Industrial business
      uses;
 ix. Home-based business uses that contribute to          Not applicable: The proposal is not for a home-
      the economy of Noosa, but do not reduce             based business.
      surrounding      residential     amenity      or
      environmental values; and
  x. energy efficiency and water conservation             Complies: The development will incorporate
      principles.                                         energy efficiency and water conservation principles
                                                          where practical and viable. The development
                                                          includes awnings and roof overhangs which will
                                                          shade building facades. The development also
                                                          incorporates large windows and openings. These
                                                          design measures will help maintain thermal
                                                          comfort and reduce the need for artificial heating
                                                          and cooling.
 Community implications of Commercial & Retail Uses:
  Residents and visitors use commercial & retail Complies: The proposed development includes a
   facilities on a day-to-day basis. The character high quality architectural design with building
   and design of the establishments in which such articulation and variation in building material and
   business facilities are conducted are therefore a treatments. The proposal also includes a high
   significant influence on resident and visitor quality landscape design to soften the built form of
   perception of Noosa.                              the development and ensure it presents
                                                          attractively to all site boundaries. A Traffic Impact
                                                          Assessment has also been prepared for the
                                                          development to ensure that the medical centre is
                                                          highly functional and easy to use.
    Features such as human scale, development            Complies: The proposal maintains a low rise built
     integrated with surrounding built form and           form with a high quality integrated landscape
     landscape fabric, visual relationships between       design to ensure that the medical centre maintains
     indoor spaces and outdoor spaces, low key            a human scale, appropriately integrates with the
     informal atmospheres and low stress traffic          surrounding built form and landscape fabric and
     environments play a key role in characterising       maintains a relationship with internal and external
     commercial and retail facilities in Noosa. These     spaces. A Traffic Impact Assessment has been
     features are recognised and sought by the            carried out for the proposed development to
     Noosa community and distinguish facilities in        ensure a safe and efficient traffic environment.
     Noosa from those in other Sunshine Coast and
     south-east Queensland areas.
    Commercial and retail facilities that recognise      Complies: The proposal includes a high quality
     and reflect the natural character and                landscape design that uses locally endemic species
     environment values of Noosa will assist in           to reflect the natural character and environmental
     achieving      sustainable     economic       and    values of Noosa.
     employment growth across a range of industry
     sectors.
    Home-based businesses reduce demands on              Not applicable: The proposal does not involve a
     transport infrastructure and for land resources      home based business use.
     for business purposes. They involve minimal
     capital outlays and allow for child supervision in
     the home. Such businesses will often be small
     scale knowledge economy businesses which
     are sophisticated businesses involving a high
     turnover and profit and may equally have
     insignificant    impacts     on      neighbouring

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Material Change of Use for Medical Centre and Café
52-58 Goodchap Street & 3-7 Val Crescent, Noosaville