Town Planning Report · MCU23/0135

                                                                                           PLAN DESIGN DELIVER




3.0          PROPOSAL

3.1          CONTEXT & RATIONALE
The Retail Stage 2 Development is located wholly within the Noosa Business Centre – Retail Precinct,
which is identified by the Noosa Plan 2020 (Amendment 1) to accommodate sub-regional retail uses for
the community of Noosa Shire. These retail uses may include specialty retail, and food and drink outlets,
delivering up to 24,500m² in GFA.
Given the available GFA prescribed by the Noosa Plan, the proposal seeks to establish additional retail
offerings, remaining within the allowable 24,500m² GFA threshold. This requires a redevelopment of the
existing car park, and the establishment of basement level and deck parking to support the necessary
parking rates required by the combined retail development within the Precinct. This is considered to be a
more efficient use of the land, given the intent to support uses within a major centre that service the wider
catchment of the Noosa Shire. It also serves to reduce the apparent scale of ‘at-grade’ carparking through
the introduction of a basement carpark containing 588 carparks which will improve the streetscape of the
Noosa Business Centre.

3.2          PROPOSAL OVERVIEW
The Retail Stage 2 Development proposes an extension of the existing Shopping Centre to support
additional offerings to that currently located at Noosa Civic, establishing new retail tenancies on the
existing car parking areas as an extension to the Noosa Civic Main Retail Shopping Centre (refer to Figure
1). 6,500m² of new retail shopping centre floor space will include multiple Shop and Food and Drink
Outlet uses as defined under the planning scheme, which together create a Shopping Centre. This
proposal is therefore best described as being for Shopping Centre (Shops and Food and Drink Outlets) to
recognise the proposal being for an integrated shopping complex for a range of uses.
The new development will be positioned in a development footprint that will result a redevelopment of
the existing retail carpark with the inclusion of basement, at-grade and elevated/deck car parking,
resulting in a provision of car parking which accommodates the demand for the proposed new use areas
and reinstates all existing retail carparking that is lost as a consequence of the redevelopment.
The following section of this report details the key development aspects of the Retail Stage 2
Development.

3.3          DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL
The proposed development seeks approval for the following:
   Development Permit for a Material Change of Use for a Shopping Centre (Shops and Food and Drink
    Outlets).
The following sections of this Report detail each aspect of the proposal.




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