MCU10/2083 Notice of submission Gary Trevithick & Richard Patterson Noosa Waters Residents Assoc

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                                Noosa Waters Residents Association Inc

                                         PO Box 197, NOOSAVILLE, QLD 4566

        I 1 February 2011


        Sent Registered A/R

        Assessment Manager,
        Sunshine Coast Regional Council
        Locked Bag 72,
        Sunshine Coast Mail Centre,
        Qld 4560

        Dear Sir/Madam,


        APPLICATION NUMBER MCU I0/2083
        DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR 37 GIBSON ROAD, NOOSAVILLE

        The Noosa Waters Residents Association Inc objects to Application Number MCIJ 10/2083, which
        seeks to change the zoning on 37 Gibson Road, Noosaville from attached housing to Commercial use.


        Our objections are based on:

        1.      Zoning

                The site is zoned, under the Noosa Plan, for attached housing not Commercial use.

                We strongly believe that the Applicant has not made out a case to justify rezoning the site
                from residential to commercial use.

        2.      No demonstrated local community need for more shops

                The Applicant claims there is a need by local residents for more shops of the type proposed.
                This claim is based on a report by a Brisbane based consultant, paid by the Applicant, so it is
                not surprising that such a conclusion was reached. The report is mainly based on opinions and
                assumptions and lacks any real factual information, such as surveys or interviews with local
                residents. We are not aware of any surveys of local residents that show there is, in Noosaville,
                a requirement for more convenience retail facilities.

                On the other hand, our information based on feedback we have received from our members,
                all local residents, is that they do not have a need for extra shops. They are quite satisfied with
                the local choice already available.

                If the development opening hours are to be revised to 7 am - 10 pm then this is only
                marginally more than six nearby supermarkets, which would be preferred to a small


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