Properly made submission (object) Alison Craswell MCU13/0092

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    Access to these areas including parking and safety for pedestrians will be
    severely affected affecting their viability as commercial or public ventures.

    Changing the zoning of this space to allow for this development will impact
    on current traffic to the already busy Woodland Drive and Gannet Street

    intersection. An increase of traffic on this intersection will make it more
    difficult for residents to get in and out of the area as well as increase accident
    risk to motorists, adults and children in the area who use the current
    sporting facilities of Di Hurst oval and the tennis courts due the increase in
    traffic and requirement of delivery trucks. SCRC has already communicated
    with residents that there is not adequate space at that intersection for a
    roundabout and traffic lights go against the Noosa Plan 2006 and therefore
    the new Noosa Council in operation 1 Jan 2014.


    Changing the zoning of this space to allow for this development will
    negatively affect noise levels to the local residential homes due to an increase
    in vehicles, most notably large trucks coming and going to the supermarket
    to deliver goods and collect rubbish. Being a convenience supermarket, the
    hours of operation would most likely start early and finish late. Extra lighting,
    and noise from air conditioners, and refrigeration machinery as examples
    will affect the local residents.


    Changing the zoning of this space to allow for this development will
    detrimentally affect the health and well being of the residents of the area due
    to a loss of open space recreation area. In times when obesity, particularly in
    children is on the rise and considered to be an economic threat to the nation
    in terms of burden on healthcare, all areas available to be used for sport and
    recreation should be given priority. Waters, E. et al (2011)in their Cochrane

    systematic review state that they "...found strong evidence to support
    beneficial effects ofchild obesity prevention programmes on 8Ml,particularly
    for programmes targeted to children aged six to 12years/’ And that "...our
    synthesis indicates thefollowing to be promising policies and strategies
    including environments and cultural practices that support children being
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    active throughout each day". Their findings require the availability of
    recreational areas such as the Peregian Beach Bowls club to remain to

    support governmental efforts to reduce obesity.


    Changing the zoning of this space to allow for this development will polarise
    the Peregian Beach village centre. This area already struggles with business’s
    being unable to sustain as seen with the recent closure of Ming Garden and
    High Tide Mark, both long term business’s of the village. Having a second
    commercial area at the proposed convenience supermarket would have a
    financial impact on current businesses that the community currently support,
    transferring the small amount of retail spending away from the village. As a
    convenience supermarket, prices will not be able to compete with the two
    local Coles supermarkets, Woolworths and Supa IGA shopping centres which
    residents who need to drive to the supermarket will go to, to save on their
    regular groceries. Hence the money will not remain within Peregian as
    purported by the applicant. The current Peregian Village convenience store




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