LATE RFI Attachment 2 - Additional Economic Advice

                 220079 Additional advice in relation to proposed car wash at 34 Elm Street, Cooroy

Cooroy. The nature of Sauers business is that it would serve a very broader catchment, which would
likely see it support rural land users across Noosa and northern Sunshine Coast. A similar example
being the Cooroy Outdoor Centre (~500 sqm), which sells ride on mowers, garden equipment and
recreation equipment. Cooroy Outdoor Centre is a large format retailer, which serves a large trade
area, certainly one larger than eastern Cooroy and consistent with Strategic Outcome 3.3.5(s)(ii)(F).
Also, east of the train line in eastern Cooroy are the only two service stations within the Cooroy
locality.

In a Major Cities or Inner regional area context (remoteness area), service stations typically rely on
catchments of 4,000-5,000 persons. Two services station proximate to each other require a
catchment of 8,000-10,000 persons. The population of the Main Trade Area (combination of the
Primary Trade Area and Secondary Trade Area) in 2021 was ~10,694 persons. Obviously, the two
service stations located in eastern Cooroy serve an area broader than the residents of eastern
Cooroy. Similar points can be made in relation to multiple detached bottleshops, which typically
require catchments of 3,000-4,000 persons per bottleshop to be sustainable.

The above demonstrates that the eastern part of the Cooroy District centre serves at least the same
trade area as the western part of Cooroy District Centre and given the presence of large format and
rural related retailers and service stations, a commercial car wash would be functionally consistent
with how the eastern part of the Cooroy District centre operates.

Remaining Capacity of Cooroy District Centre
As previously mentioned, the Noosa Shire Retail Plan did not anticipate significant expansion of retail
activities within Cooroy, citing the possible expansion of one of its limited line supermarkets to a full
line supermarket as the most appropriate expansion. There are several sites within Cooroy District
Centre occupied by remnant houses or by activities that represent an underutilization of the site.
Examples of remnant house within the Cooroy District centre zone include:

+   13 Emerald Street, Cooroy (west): 1,011 sqm;
+   12 Emerald Street, Cooroy (west): 1,012 sqm;
+   6 Pearl Street, Cooroy (east): 1,012 sqm; and
+   8 Pearl Street, Cooroy (east): ,1012 sqm.
Some examples of sites which are grossly underutilized given their District Centre context include:

+   4 Diamond Street, Cooroy (east): 1,012 sqm; and
+   5 Diamond Street, Cooroy (east): 1,012 sqm.
We also note Council has recently approved a two storey retail/office/medical development at 2
Emerald Street, Cooroy which would yield an additional 488.5 sqm of floor space to Cooroy District
Centre. Council has also approved a development on 6-10 Diamond Street, Cooroy (~3,036 sqm of
site area) for 680 sqm of retail/commercial floor space and four two bedroom dwellings.

If you have any queries regarding this advice, please contact Marcus Brown on 0418 567 762 or
[email protected]


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220079 LTR BBE Cooroy Car Wash Response to IR REVA 280223