MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - N Walker

The Noosa Plan and associated                 planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the current
circumstances         in neighbourhood            of the    proposed      Development.     The planning    scheme       may have
envisaged Industrial            development       in the area at one time however           Community     Use, Openspace and
Residential        development      that has been approved             in the area since 2004 when the Noosa Plan was
prepared      makes it an incompatible             use of the land
due      to   community          amenity,     health       and   safety
concerns.


The      subject     Property      is currently     located      in an
Industry      Zone. It contains        no infrastructure         of an
industrial     nature      and     is not     adjoined      by other
Industry Zoned property.            It (Fig. 1) is bounded on two
sides by Eumundi-Noosa             Road and Walter Hay Drive.
The land which immediately              adjoins the Property         is
zoned Community           Uses, occupied by the School to the east and an electrical substation                   to the north.
Immediately         adjoining    the school as you progress along Walter              Hay Drive is an oval used for sporting
and recreational        purposes (zoned Open Space Recreational)                 and a retirement   village (zoned Residential
Use).


The Noosa Plan is now almost twelve years old and well past the recognised use-by-date                                 for such an
instrument.         A reasonable      assessment       of the site as it currently         stands would     indicate    that   it is
incorrectly    zoned based on the way the site, and the surrounding                    neighbourhood,     has evolved over the
years.


As a matter of legacy rather than intent the remainder                     of the former Noosa Shire Council Depot, being
the subject         Lot 30 on SP 170751            (the Property).        continued   to be zoned "Industry".      The Church
purchased the Property from Noosa Shire Council on 20 December 2007. The Property shares a common
boundary with the School Health and Physical Education Centre and Childrens' Swimming Pool,


It is a matter of public record" that in 2007 the Church was concerned about the possible development
of the site. The School stated at the time that a prospective                         developer   "...could establish a service
station on the site.. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect of fuel storoge tanks and fuel vapours
being sa close".9

There is further       contention'O     that there was a verbal agreement              at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property " ... would not be made available ta other
cammercial enterprises"" and that the Property would provide a buffer zone between the School
Community          Services Zone and the nearby Industry Zone. The alleged verbal agreement                    struck between
the Noosa Shire Council and the Church "...never envisaged that [the} land would be made available for
a service station"." The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated                            cooperation



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9 ibid

10 Counsellor Frank Pardon quoted in Gardner P, Noosa News, 9 December 2015
11 ibid

12 ibid




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