Noosa VMU RFI Response Lodged 23.11.23 · MCU23/0078

        Putting this aside, the VMU places the Village Green at the heart of the development and its design
        meets the planning intent and outcomes for the Village Green set out in the Noosa Plan.

14.     This information item raises the same issues as those raised in items 12 and 13. Please refer to
        our information response to items 12 and 13 above, the attached amended proposal plans, the
        Statement of Architectural Intent and the amended Landscape Concept Plan.

15.     Please refer to the design detail set out in the amended Landscape Concept Plan.


16.     Please refer to the design detail set out in the amended Landscape Concept Plan.

 Issue – Detail about the nature and type of Uses

 The proposal plans provide limited information about the nature and extent of the uses being proposed with
 overall floor areas provided. Insufficient information is provided about the extent of the various uses within Lot 3
 and Lot 7. This includes the floor areas for the extent of retail development within each lot, which are to
 standalone in terms of the provision of carparking etc. Further, the application material does not inform the floor
 areas of other uses being proposed, including indoor sport and recreation and what is meant by entertainment
 given the change to the uses.

 The town planning report states, … the development application seeks a Development Permit for a Material
 Change of Use for the following:



       • Accommodation Activities (Multiple dwelling, short-term accommodation)
       • Business Activities (Food and drink outlet; office; shop; shopping centre)
       • Community activities (Health care service)
       • Entertainment activities (Bar; Hotel; Theatre; Indoor Sport and Recreation). (emphasis
         added)
 Despite the above, a number of the above uses were deleted from the Amended DA Form 1 – Application Details,
 with little information provided about the change. Further, some of the comments made under the responses to
 the Major Centre Zone Code (PO3 & PO4 - refer Appendix H) refer to the uses that have been deleted from the
 application, such as a health care service. Further, the response to the Entertainment Activities Code refers to a
 range of entertainment activities including bars and hotels, which have also been deleted from the application
 (refer PO1 - Appendix H).

 Under the Major Centre Zone Code, overall outcome (4)(f) states:

 A small format supermarket, entertainment activities such as cinemas, hotel, bars, as well as short-term
 accommodation opportunities and community uses develop in the precinct.

 Performance outcome PO5, states:

 The Noosa Business Centre, as a principal function provides for employment growth in key priority employment
 sectors for Noosa Shire, by enabling a wide range of business, commercial and community activities, as well as
 retaining development capacity in the longer term to take advantage of potential future employment
 opportunities.

 While a cinema (Theatre) has been applied for, a number of the uses expected in the VMU Precinct (5D) were
 deleted from the application. While a shopping centre has been applied, which means … the use of premises for
 an integrated shopping complex consisting mainly of shops, this definition is broad and provides no certainty



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