Properly made submission (object) Briallyn Hale MCU13/0092

Subject: tt bcs 1192 MCU13/0092 Objection to Proposed Commercial Development - Peregian Beach - Briallyn Hale
From: Briallyn Hale
Date: 2013-08-26T09:49:38+00:00
To: Internet Mailbox Sunshine Coast Regional Council

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).  

 

This development will adversely affect the consistent land and community use of the current Tennis Courts, Community House, Kindergarten, Veggie Village and Di Hurst Oval and surrounding residents.

 

When the Bowls Club closed down, my step-father and his friends had to move to Noosa Heads to play bowls until that became difficult and they now play at Coolum Bowls Club.  

I enjoyed the Beach Volleyball until that too had to close down.

 

The Sunshine Coast Council Open Space Strategy 2011 identifies that “Peregian Beach locality area is generally under provided for with recreational parks”(2011:35) and we object to loss of this recreational land for the current and future residents of Peregian Beach and wider catchment to commercial development.

 

I regularly visit my parents in Peregian Beach with my young children and enjoy the peace and the wildlife I encounter in this area as well as the benefits of the popular community Veggie garden.  They love to walk their dog around Di Hurst Oval and nearby streets as this is a quiet and safe environment for them.

Any commercial development in this area will destroy this amenity and the environment.

 

The proposal is not consistent with the Planning Scheme and the applicant has not demonstrated a need for the use to be located in the Open Space Recreation zone.

 

The Needs Assessment acknowledges that existing shops within the Village will be negatively affected by the development and are likely to close down. 

 

Peregian Village already has 2 bottle shops plus the drive-through bottle shop at the Hotel and the surf club which also has a small 'bottle shop' which benefits the club.  There are at least 9 fantastic restaurants/cafes/coffee outlets within the Village itself.  The developer suggests we need more of these!

Peregian Beach, has everything one needs on a daily basis - from doctors and dentists to hairdressers and banking - even a day spa.  I love to drive to Peregian Beach for the community feel in the existing Village Square.  I enjoy shopping at the Village bakery and greengrocer etc. and I often enjoy a coffee and shopping in the Village with friends.  My children love to skateboard and play in the park and on the beach.  This is the heart of the Peregian Beach community and it should not be divided by a second 'central meeting place for office workers and shoppers' - they are already well catered for.

 

The proposal will negatively impact on the residential amenity of my parents and other residents living in close proximity of the proposed centre.  Further undesirable impacts include:  increased traffic and noise levels; pollution and waste collection.  You only have to look at similar shopping centres to see the 'backyard' ugliness that exists behind them.

 

Peregian Beach is a unique coastal location wedged between the wallum of Noosa National Park and the ocean beach.  I do not want this special environment destroyed by commercial projects not in keeping with the local precinct and its genuine needs.

 

 

 

 

Briallyn Hale

7 Biscayne Avenue

Coolum Beach  4573

 

Date of submission:  26 August, 2013