Town Planning Report - Final April 2016

                                                                   15024 – Noosa Council April 2016




   B. Agree to provide owners consent for a Development Application for a Material
      Change of Use to be lodged over Council owned lots 94 SP 137431, 1 SP 215942, 95
      SP 137431 on the site,
   C. Delegate to the CEO approval to develop a Development Application over the site in
      accordance with the Master Plan
   D. Include the Master Plan in any future planning provisions for the area.

Effectively, the Master Plan is a planning study, which is to inform the future planning of
the Peregian Beach locality. This means that the Master Plan should be given considerable
weight in the assessment of the development application.


5. Development Proposal

The proposed development is in part for a Commercial Business Type 1 Office use, which
is to be undertaken in 2 stages. A copy of the proposal plans is provided as Attachment
3.

Stage 1 of the development comprises the construction of a new office building having a
floor area of about 772m² over Lot 95, fronting David Low Way. This includes the small
ancillary café area, which might be used as an office depending on market forces. Stage
2 of this development is the conversion of the existing Peregian Beach Community House
building to an office, with a minor extension to be undertaken, giving a floor area of about
554.2m².

A Digital Hub is a shared workspace which houses several activities under one roof such
as co-working areas, complimentary businesses and programs, incorporating public and
private, community and commercial. It provides high speed and cutting edge technical
facilities and services, meeting rooms, event and training spaces.

Freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses can work from this flexible and shared
workspace for a monthly fee, together with established high growth businesses located
in longer term office spaces. These shared services amplify connection and innovation
providing opportunities for ideas to flourish and businesses to grow.

The intention of this development is provide a business incubator for new start-up
businesses that would be able to utilise office space in a shared arrangement, with
outgoing costs being kept to a minimum. In effect, this development will provide
significant community benefit for the local community once fully operational, being
different to the typical office developments existing in the locality.

A new carpark area is to be constructed for this part of the development with existing
carpark being extended to provide for a total of 61 spaces and associated landscaping. It
is noted that only 44 spaces are required for the office component. Access to this portion




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