PM Submission - Phillip Egan - MCU25/0118

                 To: Assessment Manager – Noosa Shire Council. Date:
                 /11/25
                 Re: Application Number MCU25/0118
                 Description: Development Permit for Material Change of use
                 by Coast2Bay for Multiple Dwellings – Affordable Rental
                 Premises 25 X small dwellings plus one community room
                 dwelling.
                 Site Address: 64 Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy Qld 4563 on
                 Lot 2 (part) SP348613


                 Submission Objecting to Development Application
                 I wish to lodge a formal objection to the proposed development application. The proposal is
                 fundamentally inconsistent with the planning intent for this land, incompatible with surrounding
                 neighbourhood character, and likely to result in significant and irreversible impacts on local amenity,
                 traffic safety, and community cohesion. My detailed grounds of objection are set out below.




                 1. Planning intent and historical purpose of the site

                 The fact that the land has not yet been developed does not diminish its importance or intended
                 function. The site was acquired for cemetery purposes and has been consistently zoned to reflect that
                 intended use. Local residents have a justified expectation—based on Council’s own planning
                 history—that the land would remain dedicated for this community purpose. Allowing a substantial
                 departure from this long-established intent undermines both community trust and the integrity of the
                 planning scheme.




                 2. Incompatibility with surrounding zoning and established neighbourhood
                 character

                 The proposed development directly adjoins low-density residential land and sits within a clearly
                 identifiable low-density neighbourhood. The proposal introduces a built form and intensity that is
                 dramatically out of character with the established area. Such a shift is not supported by the Cooroy
                 Town Plan, which specifically does not designate this precinct for medium-density development.

                 Approving this proposal would establish a precedent for future intensification, threatening the
                 carefully planned low-density pattern that has shaped this part of Cooroy for decades.




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