MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Petition - D Strong (Principal Submitter)

envisaged Industrial development        in the area at one time however Community            Use, Openspace and
Residential development        that has been approved in the area since 2004 when the Noosa Plan was
prepared makes it an incompatible           use of the land due to community          amenity, health and safety
concerns.


The subject      Property    is currently   located   in an
Industry     Zone. It contains no infrastructure      of an
industrial    nature   and is not     adjoined   by other
Industry Zoned property. It (Fig. 1) is bounded on two
sides by Eumundi-Noosa Road and Walter Hay Drive.
The land which immediately        adjoins the Property is
zoned Community        Uses, occupied by the School to
the east and an electrical substation        to the north.
Immediately      adjoining   the school as you progress
along Walter Hay Drive is an oval used for sporting and recreational              purposes (zoned Open Space
Recreational) and a retirement village (zoned Residential Use).


The Noosa Plan is now almost twelve years old and well past the recognised use-by-date for such an
instrument.     A reasonable    assessment of the site as it currently         stands would    indicate   that it is
incorrectly zoned based on the way the site, and the surrounding neighbourhood,              has evolved over the
years.


As a matter of legacy rather than intent the remainder of the former Noosa Shire Council Depot, being
the subject Lot 30 on SP 1707S1 (the Property),               continued   to be zoned "Industry".      The Church
purchased the Property from Noosa Shire Council on 20 December 2007. The Property shares a common
boundary with the School Health and Physical Education Centre and Chlldrens' Swimming Pool,


It is a matter of public record" that in 2007 the Church was concerned about the possible development
of the site. The School stated at the time that a prospective             developer   •... could establish a service
station on the site .. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect of fuel storage tanks and fuel vapours
being so close •.'

There is further contention'O that there was a verbal agreement at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property ••...would not be made available to other
commercial enterprises"" and that the Property would provide a buffer zone between the School
Community Services Zone and the nearby Industry Zone. The alleged verbal agreement struck between
the Noosa Shire Council and the Church •... never envisaged that [the) land would be made available for
a service station ••.12 The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated             cooperation
between the Church and the Noosa Shire Council in the School's development                  over many years".        It



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, ibid
'0 Counsellor Frank Pardon quoted in Gardner P, Noesa News, 9 December 201S
11 ibid

12 ibid
13 ibid




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