Lobbying Mayor & Coucillors prior to Ordinary Meeting - Kailai Thambimuthu - MCU13/0092

Subject: kw bcs 1799 Development Application MCU 13/0092.
From: Kelly GMail
Date: 2013-11-13T07:01:57+00:00
To: Internet Mailbox Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Cr Chris Thompson, [email protected], Cr Tim Dwyer, Cr Christian Dickson, Cr Ted Hungerford, Cr Jason O'Pray, Cr Stephen Robinson, Cr Greg Rogerson, Cr Russell Green - Tewantin Office, Cr Peter Cox

Item 7.2.2. at next Thursday's Ordinary meeting of Council.


Dear Mayor and Councillors,


When you vote on item 7.2.2. at Thursday's Council meeting, I ask you to consider the devastating impact the above DA will have on the future of Peregian Beach, if council votes for the development against the strong and clear advice of council officers.
 
For more than 50-years, 5-7 Rufous street - the old bowls club site - has been zoned for sport and recreation.    As council surveys have shown, the area's young population is rapidly increasing, while there is too little sport and recreation land available.
 
This land is at the heart of a community precinct that includes a kindergarten, tennis courts, veggie village, an 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 880 properly made submissions to council, 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 
·         Attack profitability of supermarkets minutes away at Coolum, Peregian Springs and Noosa Junction 
·         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

I urge you to vote against this serious conflict with Sunshine Coast and Noosa Town planning, and to respect the wishes of the vast majority of local residents, as well as every Peregian Beach community, sporting and business group.
 
Please do the right thing in serving the wishes of the local community
 
Yours Truly,
 
Prof. Kailai Thambimuthu, FTSE