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

Unlawful      behaviour        is all too frequent     around service stations. November              2014 just down the road in
Eumundi.'      Noosa gunman stole a Channel 7 television                     news car at gunpoint      and crashed it into a large
gas tank at Eumundi Petrol Station.


Clearly a site within          such close proximity          to the Good Shepherd Lutheran College is unsuitable              for the
proposed development              where children may be exposed to vioience, terror and recalcitrant                   choices from
which they deserve to be protected.                  It cannot be in the public interest to invite trouble of this nature
within meters of a school where children have the right to learn in peace and be safe.


2. PROPOSEJLSERVICESTATION DQES NOT ACC~RD WITH OJlJECTIVESTHE NOOSA PLAN:

Under the Sustainable             Planning Act 2009 the assessment manager's decision must not conflict with a
relevant    instrument,        unless there are there are sufficient            public interest grounds to justify the decision,
despite     the conflict.       The Assessment         manager      can consider       the negative     effects   of a proposal     on
matters of public interest.


The Development            is in conflict with the Noosa Plan and its derivatives the Noosaville Locolity Code and
Overall Outcomes for the Noosoville                   Locolity, in that the proposed         New Use on a property          does not
avoid significant adverse impacts on, and indeed compromises,                          the amenity enjoyed by the users of the
School including          in particular       the school children     as well as users of other         premises in the adjoining
Community        Services, Housing and Open-space Recreation Zone.


While it is acknowledged             that a service station is a consistent             development      in the Industry zone, we
draw attention         to table 14-15 of the Noosa Plan, which laces restrictions                      on the siting of a service
station. The Objectives set out in the Plan state that the specific outcomes required for a service station
development        are:


           076 - Service stations are located ONLY where they are compatible                         with the existing and
           proposed amenity and development                    of a neighbourhood       and where they are appropriate        given
           the existing or likely future traffic movements                in the area; AND


           080 - Buildings, structures, driveways, tanks and fuel bowsers are sited (c) to provide adequate
           separation to adjoining land uses; and (d) not cause an environmental                        nuisance to neighbouring
           properties.


The proposed          Development             is neither     compatible      with   the existing     and proposed     amenity      and
development        of the School and surrounding               neighbourhood        NOR is it appropriate     given the existing or
likely future traffic movements               in the area.


Furthermore        the tanks and fuel bowsers are proposed to be sited such that they DO NOT to provide
adequate separation            to the adjoining School AND are likely to cause an environmental                     nuisance to the
School and neighbouring              properties.     The Assessment Manager must, particularly                in relation   to young
children     and     where       scientific     understanding       is yet     incomplete,    take    due   consideration     of   the



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