Item 6 Planning Report-1.2 · MCU22/0094

 Table F: Evaluation of Proposal against Overall Outcomes of the Major Centre Zone

 Purpose & Overall Outcomes                                                                        Response
     a) The major centres of Noosa Business Centre and Noosa Junction are the most significant Compliant
        centres for the Noosa Shire. These major centres service subregional catchments with
                                                                                               The proposed use at Noosa Business Centre provides care and
        complementary, not competing roles and functions thereby not compromising the
                                                                                               educational services to young working families of the immediate
        viability of each centre.
                                                                                               surrounding area that does not compete with the existing childcare
                                                                                               services surrounding the Noosa Junction catchment. This facility
                                                                                               improve the ability of the Noosa Business Centre to attract workers
                                                                                               that have young children, and contribute to the efficiency and
                                                                                               diversity of the workforce.
     b) Development complements the higher order services at the principal regional activity Compliant
        centre at Maroochydore; which is the focal point for employment and services on the The proposed use is well-positioned to support the establishment of
        Sunshine Coast, with provision of high-order retail and hospitality functions and cultural the Noosa Business Centre without negatively impacting the existing
        and entertainment facilities catering to local and more distant communities, including services and facilities provided at the Maroochydore activity centre.
        the Noosa community.                                                                       The childcare centre intends to service young working families within
                                                                                                   the immediate area, ensuring communities have adequate
                                                                                                   accessibility to childhood education and care facilities.
     c) Major centres contain the highest order of community, retail and commercial functions Compliant
        including entertainment and business activities, as well as transport services in Noosa Noosa Business Centre as a whole provides a mixture of retail,
        Shire.                                                                                  entertainment and business activities that are capable of being
                                                                                                serviced by transport services in Noosa Shire. The proposed
                                                                                                Childcare Centre complements the existing and future activity
                                                                                                groups that will be contained in the Noosa Business Centre with
                                                                                                opportunities to be serviced by various transport services.
     d) Development does not compromise the hierarchy of centres across the Noosa Shire, Compliant
        whether as a result of the impacts from individual developments or the potential The proposed Childcare Centre will have no impact to the hierarchy
        cumulative impacts of multiple developments.                                     of centres across the Noosa Shire as it will not serve as a retail
                                                                                         destination in its own right, rather contribute to the efficient and
                                                                                         equitable functionality of the whole Noose Business Centre.

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