Properly made submission (object) Peregian Beach Business Association MCU13/0092

     Submission to MCU 13/0092                                                            August 15, 2013




3.    The Overall Outcomes of the Neighbourhood Centre zone (which forms the existing commercial centre
      of Peregian Beach) state that the centre is to be the focal point for the community.       The Outcomes
      state:


          Neighbourhood Centre Zone         -




          i. the Peregian Beach and Sunrise Beach neighbourhood centres form focal
          points for the communities providing local shops, offices, restaurants and limited higher order
          functions to support the day to day needs of residents and visitors; and


          ii Business Uses are of a scale and character consistent with the locality and the commercial and
          retail hierarchy of Noosa.


      The proposal clearly is in direct conflict with the Outcomes of the Neighbourhood Centre zone as it will
      distend and diffuse the focal point that is the existing Neighbourhood Centre. The Neighbourhood
      Centre is to contain local shops and the proposed shopping complex outside this zone will detrimentally
      impact on the centre’s function and will replicate the existing centre.


4.    The Overall Outcomes reinforce the maintenance of the Open Space Recreation zone stating:


          Open Space Recreation Zone-

          areas of open space contribute to the desired lifestyle of residents by offering a variety of passive

          and active recreational experiences that are conducive to community interaction and wellbeing;


      The use of the site for commercial development is in direct conflict with the intent of the Noosa
      Plan and the Open Space Recreation zone and the applicant has not demonstrated significant
      community benefit for an additional shopping complex on the site.

      The Sunshine Coast Council adopted the Sunshine Coast Sport and Active Recreation Plan at its
      Special Ordinary Meeting on 7 March 2011. This Strategy clearly identifies that the Sunshine Coast has
      a shortage of land for sport and recreation of over 100 hectares. Further, the Strategy identifies as a

      short term priority, the investigation of the use of the Bowls Club site for indoor and outdoor recreation
      activities. The Strategy also details a number of existing clubs in the area that are seeking additional
      land for sporting facilities.


      The loss of existing open space zoned land in this locality therefore has a negative impact on the
      overall Open Space Strategy as adopted by Council as well as reducing open space land that has been
      identified as being needed by the overall community.


5.    The proposed shopping centre is an inconsistent use in the Open Space Recreation Zone in which the
      site is contained. The proposal does not meet the outcomes of the Zone which relate to open space
      and community uses.


6.    The applicant’s consultants comments that the site is not conducive to recreation as evidenced by its
      width and that the site has not been used as a recreational use is again uninformed and misleading.
      There is no evidence to suggest that the owner of the site has even attempted to utilise the site for
      alternate recreation purposes. Further, it should be noted that Peregian Beach Volleyball (The Sand pit)
      utilised this site successfully and provided great benefit to the local Peregian community. It is
      considered short sighted to argue that the existing recreation zoned land should be developed for
      commercial activities just because one use has ceased. The Sunshine Coast Sport and Active
      Recreation Plan further reinforces the shortage of land for sport and recreation and therefore any
      further loss would be detrimental to the community.


7.    The site is located within      a   precinct that is used for Open Space, Recreational and Community
      purposes including the Peregian Veggie Village, Peregian Tennis Club, Peregian Community Centre,
      Peregian Kindy and the Oi Hurst Oval. All these facilities are well established and well utilised by the
      community and the introduction of a pure commercial use will have a negative impact on this area in
      terms of community cohesion, traffic, safety, carparking, noise and growth of community activities.




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