Properly Made submission (object) Kathryn and Bradley Hickey - MCU13/0092

Subject: tt bcs 1192 MCU13/0092 Submission Kathryn and Bradley Hickey
From: Kate Hickey
Date: 2013-08-28T08:24:24+00:00
To: Internet Mailbox Sunshine Coast Regional Council

To:  Chief Executive Officer       

Sunshine Coast Council

 

Dear Mr Knaggs,

 

We wish to make a submission on the following development application:

 

File No MCU13/0092

Applicant:  Multispan Australia

Land:  5-7 Rufous St Peregian Beach

Proposal:  Integrated shopping complex development

 

We object to the commercial use of the Peregian Bowls Club area zoned open space/recreation as determined in the Noosa Plan 20063 and the draft Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme (2012).

 

The proposed development only worsens the current under-provision of recreational area in the Peregian Beach locality.  This under-provision was noted in the Sunshine Coast Council Open Space Stagey 2011.  The loss of recreational land has a significant impact on current and future residents of Peregian Beach.  It would destroy the carefully planned human scale of the Peregian Beach locality and erode what makes the area attractive and prosperous.  There is no other land available to replace what would be lost to the community with this proposed development.  We object to this proposal because of its effect on the community’s recreational area.

 

Retail spending would not be sufficient to support both the new development and the current businesses.  A transfer of business from the old to the new is not in the interests of the community and benefits only the developers.  The thriving holiday rental market at Peregian hinges on its saleable differences from other coastal developments:  its human scale and its cosy atmosphere.  If this atmosphere is destroyed with big development, the renters have no incentive to come to Peregian instead of Coolum, Maroochydore or Noosa.  That rental market and holiday spending is part of what enables local businesses to survive.  The flow-on effect of the destruction of small business affects the entire community.  We object to this proposal because of its effect on the community’s economy.

 

The development also significantly impacts traffic, with safety issues for the kindergarten and for bus stop users, with increased congestion on the Woodland Drive/David Low Way intersection.  We object to this proposal because of its effect on traffic safety.

 

We do not need this supermarket.  We have two large supermarkets within easy drive, and the smaller general store within the Peregian Beach shopping village.  There is no validity in the argument that such a development is needed.

 

Regards

 

Mrs Kathryn and Mr Bradley Hickey

Unit 1, 17 Jabiru Street

Peregian Beach

 

28th August 2013.