MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Adrian Wilson

The Noosa Plan and associated                  planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the current
circumstances        in neighbourhood             of the proposed         Development.     The planning    scheme       may have
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 170751              (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 Childrens' 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   ",.. cou/d establish a service
statian on the site.. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect af fuel starage tanks and fuel vapaurs
being sa clase".9

There is further         contention'.    that there was a verbal agreement             at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property " ... wauld nat be made available to ather
cammercial 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 wauld be made available far
a service statian"." The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated                            cooperation



8 https:/ /www.gslc.qld.edu.au/news.as          px?articie;99
9 ibid

10 Counsellor Frank Pardon quoted            in Gardner P, Noosa News, 9 December 2015
11 ibid

12 ibid




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