Letter to mayor & Crs re Rufus St Decision November 2013 · MCU13/0092

A MESSAGE TO SUNSHINE COAST COUNCILLORS FROM  RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS & SPORTING GROUPS OF PEREGIAN BEACH.
Development Application MCU 13/0092.
Dear Mayor Jamieson,
You will be aware that In August this year the residents, businesses and sporting and community groups of Peregian Beach submitted approximately 1000 submissions demanding the protection of their village.
For more than 50-years, 5-7 Rufous  Street, the old bowls club site, has been zoned for sport and recreation.  It is the heart of a community precinct that includes a kindergarten, tennis courts, veggie village, oval and community house.
A development application seeks to overturn the Noosa Plan (2006) and the Draft Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme  (2012) by building a second Peregian Beach shopping centre on this land that is zoned and intended for community sporting use.
Of approximately 1000 submissions to council during, 99% opposed the development.
An independent (U.S.C.) survey shows 94% of residents oppose the development.
This serious conflict with planning regulations seeks to;
Permanently destroy the low-key village ambience of Peregian Beach
Exacerbate the  well-documented shortage of local sporting/recreation land
Fragment Peregian's focussed and well-planned business and neighbourhood centre
Threaten the livelihood of local businesses in Peregian Village Square
Significantly detract from the safety, amenity and lifestyle of local residents
Create substantial traffic, noise and planning issues not addressed by the applicant
Threaten a small natural spring which supports the local Veggie Village Community Gardens
Councillors voting on the Agenda item pertaining to DA MCU 13/0092 at the Ordinary Meeting on November 14th  have a clear duty of care to protect the Noosa Plan(2006) and the Draft Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme(2012) against this unjustified assault and to protect the village amenity that is the lifeblood of Peregian Beach.
It is clear that, once protected, the longer term community use of this site should be determined by the new Noosa Council when it comes into existence on January 1st, 2014.
Sincerely Yours                                                                                                                                                     Rochelle Gooch                                                                                                                                                 Secretary                                                                                                                                                  Peregian Beach Community Association Inc