2016-08-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    9 AUGUST 2016


4.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 business days in accordance with the Sustainable
Planning Act 2009. 30 properly made submissions were received, including 18 in support and 12
objections.
The applicant’s further information response also included:
      A petition of support containing 33 signatures of Noosa Radiology patients.
      Letters of support from the           Noosa    Hospital   CEO   and    a   resident   senior
        Haematology/Oncology specialist.
The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by submitters.

     Issues                                                     Comments

     Support
     Need                                                   Provision of the need for additional
                                                            floor space is relatively minor and
      Medical and radiology services in Noosa are
                                                            could be accommodated at the
        substandard.
                                                            existing Noosaville Medical and
      Noosa residents often have to travel long distances Professional Centre or other suitably
        to Maroochydore or Brisbane to get the services zoned sites in Noosaville.
        they need
      Current services are not as up to date and modern
        as required to make the region competitive in the
        long term
      Need and opportunity to make Noosa a centre of
        excellence for health and aged care services,
        delivering health solutions and improved outcomes
        for the population, broadening our economic base
        and bringing much needed higher paying jobs to the
        area
      We have a two-fold economic problem - an ageing
        population and an economy entirely dependent
        upon tourism. Tourism & Hospitality is not a high
        paying industry sector with mostly casual
        employment. Our ageing population is increasingly
        in need of medical attention with such medical
        needs currently not met within Noosa
      There is no local oncology, no cardiology, no stroke,
        no cosmetic, mental health or palliative care
        specialties/facilities, and only limited nursing and
        residential aged care facilities in Noosa

     Community Benefit
      Noosa is set to become a medical facilities and The benefits of the proposal are
        medical tourism mecca in the future             broadly desirable but would flow from
                                                        development on suitably zoned land,
      Noosa could do better than other regions and of which there is ample in Noosaville.
        overseas competitors in the medical services
      Private investment to expand on public spend is
        vital to encourage growth


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