Properly Made submission (object) Greg Barber - MCU13/0092

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        Scale. The proposed development by Multi span Australia Ltd of a supermarket and eight specialty

        shops is of a scale that is incompatible with the Peregian Village precinct. Our town is well served by
        the existing supermarket and specialty shops. I am able to cycle to the village square and procure

        any item I might require. I do notwish the commercial precinct to spill over to the area currently      \



        zoned for community recreational use. The proposed development is bigger than the village requires,

        and surplus to our needs.


        Zoning. The proposed development does not comply with the Noosa Plan 2006 and the Sunshine
        Coast Planning Scheme 2012. The land is currently zoned pubiic recreation use, and I am a resident

        who wishes to use the site for recreation. Until the Pine Rivers Bowls club bought the site, I taught
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        Rhee Taekwondo with Philip Hayse, in the bowls club half way house. Now, Peregian residents,

        myself included, must travel to the Cooroy Badminton club for classes. We wish to return our classes
        to a suitable venue on the site, and believe that there are interested parties wishing to purchase the

        land to develop recreation related activities. My children used to play beach volleyball on the site

        and would no doubt return to doing so, if the site was once again made available. There is a demand

        for recreational use of the site, there is no demand for another supermarket and more shops. There

        is no other land in Peregian that could be used for recreational purposes, so it is imperative that the

        site retain its current zoning.


        Economy. There is a surfeit of supermarkets in proximity to Peregian Beach. Residents are well
        served by the existing supermarket in Peregian, which would struggle to compete with the proposed

        IGA store. There are Woolworths and Coles supermarkets nearby at Coolum, and Peregian Springs.

        Residents of Peregian Beach make use of the Coles and IGA supermarkets at Noosa Junction,

        Noosaville, Tewantin and the Noosa Civic site. There is no evidence that the proposed shopping
        centre would create   jobs for Peregian residents, and the dollars spent would flow out of town to the
        owners ofthe IGA    (who own other IGA supermarkets) and to IGA headquarters interstate. Eight new
        specialty shops are not required and would place economic stress on some of Peregian’s already
        struggling businesses. There is a point where convenience crosses a line to become laziness. Another
        supermarket in our town would cross that line. It is unwarranted.

        Traffic. I cycle regularly to Peregian Springs, passing through the Woodland drive intersection with
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        the David Low Way, and the Rufous street intersection. The proposed development would attract

        increased traffic to both intersections and make them unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists. My wife is

        a staff member at   Peregian Beach College. She, other staff members and some students cycle or
        walk along Woodland drive and through the national park to Murdering Creek road during their daily

        commute. Peregian     Springs residents also use the same route to cycle and walk to the -beach, or for
        exercise. Increased traffic flow in Woodland drive represents a hazard to commuting schoolchildren,

        walkers, cyclists and recreational runners, walkers and cyclists. Further, on fortnightly Peregian
        Market days and Peregian Originals concert days, traffic is gridlocked. The proposed development

        would attract increased traffic that would exacerbate the problem.


        Amenity. Most business and commercial activity in Peregian Beach is contained within the village
        square precinct, east of the David Low Way. I am one of the residents who has been disappointed
        that the Peregian Beach Hotel and an office building have been developed on the western side. I do

        not think commercial development should sprawl any further, certainly not into the recreation and

        community zoned land. A supermarket and specialty shops are not in keeping with the neighbouring