It is inappropriate to squeeze 120 new dwellings so close to existing low density homes

The site is wrong for high-medium density development

Council have indicated a density of development at 62 Lake Macdonald Drive that would permit around 120 small dwellings on a residential footprint of around 2Ha of partly wooded hillside.

Council staff have indicated the type of housing would be similar to "the townhouses in Kauri Street". However the density outlined by council for the proposed Lot 1 is approx. twice the maximum density of any townhouses in Kauri Street, and (depending on the final total for Lots 1, 2 and 3 combined), over 5 times the density of adjoining Dianella Court and Viola Place housing. One of the diagrams on this page graphically indicates the increasing densification of recent Kauri St townhouse developments.

Amendments currently proposed to the Noosa Plan by Noosa Council (not the State Government) would permit developers to maximise the built site coverage with small (75m2 maximum) dwellings with minimal requirements for the development to provide onsite recreational areas or car parking. The trend is to produce concentrations of small houses far exceeding anything else in Cooroy. This would also set a precedent for other overscale developments in the Noosa Hinterland.

The present proposal does not pass the 'pub test'. It's just too dense.

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