MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Maree Burgess

The Noosa Plan and associated                  planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the current
circumstances          in neighbourhood            of the proposed          Development.     The planning     scheme       may have
envisaged Industrial             development       in the area at one time however            Community      Use, Openspace and
Residential         development      that has been approved            in the area since 2004 when the Noosa Plan was
prepared       makes it an incompatible              use of the land
due       to   community          amenity,     health     and   safety
concerns.


The       subject     Property      is currently      located   in an
Industry       Zone. It contains        no infrastructure       of an
industrial      nature      and     is not     adjoined    by other
Industry Zoned property.             It (Fig. 1) is bounded on two
sides by Eumundi-Noosa               Road and Walter Hay Drive.
The land which immediately                adjoins the Property         is
zoned Community            Uses, occupied          by the School to the east and an electrical           substation   to the north.
Immediately          adjoining    the school as you progress along Walter Hay Drive is an oval used for sporting
and recreational         purposes (zoned Open Space Recreational)                  and a retirement     village (zoned Residential
Use).


The Noosa Plan is now almost twelve years old and well past the recognised use-by-date                                    for such an
instrument.         A reasonable        assessment      of the site as it currently           stands would     indicate    that   it is
incorrectly     zoned based on the way the site, and the surrounding                     neighbourhood,      has evolved over the
years.


As a matter of legacy rather than intent the remainder                       of the former Noosa Shire Council Depot, being
the subject         Lot 30 on SP 170751              (the Property),        continued   to be zoned "Industry".        The Church
purchased the Property from Noosa Shire Council on 20 December 2007. The Property shares a common
boundary with the School Health and Physical Education Centre and Childrens' Swimming Pool,


It is a matter of public record' that in 2007 the Church was concerned about the possible development
of the site. The School stated at the time that a prospective                           developer     "...could establish a service
station an the site.. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect of fuel storage tanks and fuel vapours
being so close".9

There is further         contention'O    that there was a verbal agreement                 at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property " ...would not be made available to other
commercial enterprises"" and that the Property would provide a buffer zone between the School
Community           Services Zone and the nearby Industry Zone. The alleged verbal agreement                      struck between
the Noosa Shire Council and the Church "...never envisaged that [the} land would be made available for
a service station"." The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated                                cooperation



8 https:f fwww.gslc.qld      .edu.aufnews.aspx?a rticle=99
9 ibid

'0 Counsellor Frank Pardon quoted            in Gardner P, Noosa News, 9 December 2015
11 ibid

12 ibid




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