LATE RFI Response to Information Request

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PO9 of District Centre Zone Code also seeks that at the edges of the District Centre zone lower
… intensity business and community uses will form a transition to residential uses.
The carwash is proposed to serve a much broader area than intended by the Strategic Outcome
for the area, serving the Noosa hinterland and is not considered a low intensity business or
community use with the applicant’s design expert estimating the car wash will provide for about
68,000 car washes per year, based on the trade area, which is a substantial number, with the
proposed carwash to operate 24 hours.

Information Required

1. Provide comment/analysis demonstrating why strategic outcome 3.3.5 (s) (ii) (G) and the
   District Centre zoning intent should be set aside. The response is to include comment on the
   availability of appropriately zoned land to meet the current and future needs of residents on
   the eastern side of Cooroy.

2. Provide comment/analysis demonstrating how the proposed carwash meets PO9 of the
   District Centre Zone Code and will assist in forming a transition to nearby residential uses.
   This should include a comparison with other uses identified as consistent for the site.

Comment:

The request for further information raises the potential inconsistency with the following
provision under the Strategic Framework, strategic outcome 3.3.5(s)(ii)(G), which states:

Cooroy is divided by the railway line with the concentration of the centre activities located on
the western side. The eastern side retains its service role to support the district centre by providing
small-scale, local convenience goods and services for nearby residents, which may include a
small-scale supermarket provided the need can be economically justified. (emphasis added)

Further, performance outcome PO9 of the District Centre Zone Code, states:

Development respects the fact that higher intensity retail uses are concentrated in traditional
core main streets and that at the edges of the District Centre Zone lower intensity business and
community uses form a transition to residential uses.

In relation to the issues raised, further advice has been obtained from the applicant’s economic
expert, which is provided as Attachment 2.

The economic expert has addressed about the following issues:
   • the role and function of the District Centre in Cooroy;
   • how a commercial carwash serves the local community;
   • the role of industrial areas;
   • the function of the eastern part of the District Centre in Cooroy; and
   • the remaining capacity of the District Centre.

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