A submission in objection to the Proposed Commercial Development in the Open Space Recreation zoned area of Peregian Beach · MCU13/0092

A submission in objection to the Proposed Commercial Development in the Open Space Recreation zoned area of Peregian Beach

To	The Chief Executive Officer
Sunshine Coast Council
Locked Bag 72
Sunshine Coast Mail Centre QLD 4560
File No  :  MCU13/0092
Name of applicant  :  Multispan Australia
Postal address of land  :  5-7 Rufous Street Peregian Beach
Proposal  :  Integrated shopping complex development

I wish to make a submission on the referenced development application as follows  :

I object to the commercial use of the Peregian Bowls Club area zoned Open Space/Recreation as determined in both the Noosa Plan 2006 and the draft Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme (2012)
The Sunshine Coast Council Open Space Strategy 2011 identifies that “peregian beach locality area is generally underprovided for with recreational parks” (2011:35) and I object to the loss of this recreational land for the current and future residents of Peregian Beach and wider catchment to commercial development/ private ownership.
This development clearly will adversely affect the consistent use of land by the community being the tennis courts, Community house, Veggie Village and Di Hurst oval all of which have been used and enjoyed by the Peregian community and others for a period of not less than twenty years. The surrounding residents will also be negatively affected. The harmful effects to the Peregian community are longreaching including but not limited to.

The Community Centre and kindergarten  will be faced with increased traffic including heavy delivery vehicles sanitary waste vehicles 24 hours a day 7 days a week making these dangerous and uninviting places to frequent for those that utilise the centre including the elderly and children. The Peregian Community House will also lose its car parking facilities, facilities that will be lost to the community forever.
There is no need for another supermarket at Peregian, within a 25 kilometre radius at most we already have 3 Coles supermarkets the closest being no more than 5 kilometres from Peregian Beach which is located at Peregian Springs, 2 Woolworths supermarkets and 1 IGA supermarket. That is 6 Supermarkets. We also have the mini supermarket already established at Peregian Beach and another approved within the Essence development, these 2 mini supermarkets will be able serve the day to day needs of the community generally.
The detrimental fiscal impact by fragmentation of community spending this proposed development will have on the existing Peregian square will be insurmountable in an already delicate economic environment.

Once this area which is zoned for community use is gone it is lost forever. With too much regularity valuable community resources are given to the private sector and lost to the community, thus exacerbating the fragmentation of communities everywhere.

Submitted by
Tony Gerring
Po box 8156
Maroochydore Dc
QLD   4558