2017-04-11 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 1 Housing Needs Assessment

       26. Additional opportunities be investigated, including those identified through consultation for infill
           development, to satisfy the projected dwelling diversity needs identified in this study, in
           particular:

                a.   An increase in Dual Occupancies (duplexes) in existing detached housing
                     neighborhoods such as areas of Tewantin, Cooroy, Noosaville and Noosa Heads.

                b.   An increase in Multiple Dwellings within and immediately surrounding Business Centres
                     at Noosa Junction, Tewantin, Cooroy and the Shire Business Centre.

                c.   An increase in dwelling houses on small lots in underdeveloped parts of Noosaville,
                     Tewantin and Cooroy.

       27. Levels of assessment be reviewed (in line with the recommendation of the SPP Housing Supply
           and Diversity) to minimise regulation and encourage the delivery of desired housing options.

       28. The potential for creation of walkable mixed use neighbourhoods (where a broad range of
           services are within a 400m radius) be considered through local area planning initiatives (informed
           by the Next Generation Planning Guide33), to assist in stimulating development around Business
           Centres such as Tewantin where intensification has been slow to proceed.

       29. The approach of the current Planning Scheme provisions which encourage the development of
           large duplexes rather than other smaller types of Multiple Dwellings be reconsidered.

       30. Other provisions be reviewed which may be seen as unduly restricting site potential.

       31. Appropriate incentives be considered for two storey Dual Occupancy or Multiple Dwelling
           developments, i.e. duplexes or townhouses, which include a bedroom and bathroom on the
           ground floor with an accessible path of travel.

       32. Any additional opportunities for greenfield land be reviewed.




7.2.3      Recommended Actions in Relation to Residential Development in Business Centres
Noosa Junction and the Noosa Shire Business centre provide opportunities for well located
residential development. In the case of the Shire Business Centre, in particular, the opportunities
for building an Activity Centre which includes residential development for key workers, older
people and small low-income households warrants further investigation as potentially the key
hub of the Shire. It would also support business uses on the site.

The Scheme currently permits small dwellings in two employment zones of the Shire Business
Centre if ancillary and subordinate to community or business uses. It is suggested that increased
residential development above that permitted may be desirable and likely to find a ready market
in a location that will provide employment, transport, services, education facilities, and retail and
commercial uses. The small dwelling units recently constructed in the only designated residential
precinct of the Shire Business Centre sold very quickly.

In the last decade Noosa Junction has struggled as a retail centre and/or business centre and
current planning provisions, including limitations on height and GFA and the rate of required



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