Noosa VMU RFI Response Lodged 23.11.23 · MCU23/0078

           development application for the expansion of the existing Noosa Civic Centre on Lot 1 comprising
           6,500m2 of retail floorspace. This proposal will expand the existing 18,000m2 retail centre in a
           way that is consistent with the planning intent for Retail Precinct 5C which envisages a total of
           24,500m2 of retail floorspace to be established within this Precinct.

9.         This item is the same issue as that raised in item 8.       Please refer to our response to information
           request item 8 above.

10.        Council have indicated clearly to us in our ongoing workshops regarding the VMU proposal since
           July 2023 that a key outcome for the VMU is the activation of Main Street with a mix of uses
           including shop, food and drink outlets and business and health services. The amended proposal
           plans attached seek to activate Main Street in this way.

           The location of retail along Main Street within the High Density Residential Precinct 5E, is a direct
           consequence of the subdivision of the NBC site pursuant to the Reconfiguration of Lot approval
           granted by Council in 2020. The ROL approval post dates the current Noosa Plan and has a
           number of practical implications on the extent and layout of the Precincts identified in the Noosa
           Plan including the repositioning of the location of Main Street. When overlaying the proposed
           development on the Precinct and Zoning Plans, it is important that the impact of the subdivision is
           acknowledged and providing the planning intent for the changed element is achieved, a
           pragmatic approach ought to be taken by Council.

           The planning intent for Main Street is to design a landscaped street scape that is activated by a
           mix of uses including shop, food and drink outlets and business and health services. The
           amended proposal plans achieve the planning intent and outcomes for Main Street.


11.        Amended plans are attached which propose office and health care services only within the Business
           Park Precinct (5A), and provide for the development of minimum 3,000m2 of business uses across
           the VMU Precinct (5D) and the Business Park Precinct (5A).               These business uses are
           predominantly located within the stand along business building proposed on the Business Park
           Precinct (5A), comprising 2,330m2. The balance commercial space is allocated on the second
           level of the southern building within the Village Green. It is also considered likely that additional
           administrative and health care serves beyond the 3,000m2 allocated in the proposal plans will
           locate through the Village Mixed Use Precinct as has occurred throughout the Noosa Civic Stage 1
           development. To this end, we have sought the ability to locate these additional business and
           health uses where demanded throughout the Village Mixed Use Precinct.



 Issue – Land Zoning

      Within the VMU Precinct (5D) to the west there a finger of land excluded from the Major Centre Zone that is
      included within the Environmental Management and Conservation Zone and the Recreation and Open Space
      Zone, which protrudes into the Major Centre Zone. This is deliberate to provide for a pedestrian link that passes
      through village green space for the benefit of the local community in conjunction with the development of the
      VMU Precinct (5D) (refer PO84, above).
 Under the Recreation and Open Space Zone Code, overall outcome (2)(v), states:


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