Town Planning Reporrt - 101-105 Eumundi Noosa Road - 24 October 2016

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       Retail Business Type 6 Hardware;
       Retail Business Type 7 Garden Centre; and
       Industrial Business Type 2 Production, alteration, repackaging & repairing (for limited
        uses).

It is suggested that the above uses generally reflect the uses that have occurred on the land,
either currently or historically. The current Pool Shop use on the land is akin to a hardware
store and service industry. To that end, a number of existing hardware stores sell pool
equipment and supplies. Further, the servicing and fixing of pool pumps and the testing of
pool water etc. on the land is essentially a service industry component of the use.

Originally, the site was used for selling pools, water features and or ornamental garden
products when occupied in part by Gumnut Pools for a number of years. This use is also akin
to a hardware store, with a number of hardware stores selling similar products such as garden
pavers, ornaments and ponds; however, it is suggested that this type of use would now be
best defined as a Garden and Lifestyle Centre use under the current planning scheme.

The existing use rights are described under development approval TPC 685 (Attachment 2),
as being … hardware store/tyre & wheel alignment service, office, storage and cabinet maker
uses. Consequently, the current approval provides for a range of uses, which generally include
a hardware use (hardware store) and light industry uses (tyre & wheel alignment service,
storage and cabinet maker), including associated office space.

With respect to the proposed Industrial Business Type 2 use, it is accepted that the land is
not necessarily well suited for a broad range of industrial uses that might be able to occur
under this definition. This is in terms of adverse impacts being caused to adjoining residential
properties. Consequently, it is suggested that this use should be tailored to be consistent
with the definitions of Low Impact Industry and Service Industry under the current
Queensland Planning Provisions (QPP-4).

These definitions state:

Low impact industry

Premises used for industrial activities that include the manufacturing, producing, processing,
repairing, altering, recycling, storing, distributing, transferring or treating of products and have
one or more of the following attributes:
    negligible impacts on sensitive land uses due to offsite emissions including aerosol, fume,
       particle, smoke, odour and noise;
    minimal traffic generation and heavy vehicle usage;
    demands imposed upon the local infrastructure network consistent with surrounding
       uses;
    the use generally operates during the day (e.g. 7 am to 6 pm);
    offsite impacts from storage of dangerous goods are negligible



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