MCU15/0017 - Development Application

Town Planning Report
28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville

The Noosaville Locality Plan also includes the following overall outcomes specific to the Shire Business

Centre Zone:

v) For the Shire Business Centre Zone—the Shire Business Centre—

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is a Major Activity Centre for the purposes of the SEQ Regional Plan, and the principle
business centre for Noosa, servicing Noosa-wide business and employment needs by

providing for a range of Business Uses as well as administrative, community, and open
space functions;

is a multi-function employment node forming the major focus of employment growth in
the coastal area of Noosa;

follows a logical sequencing of development consistent with the needs of the community
that is dependent on the—

A) timing and construction of the external and internal road systems, including Walter
Hay Drive;

B) dedication of a substantial area of open space; and

C) development of a substantive amount of non-retailing development for employment
opportunities beyond Retail business;

is developed at a low scale and density with distinctive and unique design elements,
determined by the setting and recognisable as a Noosa development;

comprises buildings of low rise form separated by attractive and low key informal
spaces that are integrated with landscaping and open space areas;

has an outdoor focus, particularly for Retail business uses, office uses and Community
Uses;

provides for an inter-regional transit facility that functions as an integrated public
transport node, with pedestrian and bicycle paths and appropriate extemal
connections;

provides visual and physical connectivity across and throughout the site;

is designed to ensure that peak traffic flows and access to the Shire Business Centre do
not impact on the wider functions of Eenie Creek Road and Walter Hay Drive;

retains development capacity within the Shire Business Centre in the longer term to
take advantage of potential new employment opportunities;

is developed into precincts, as depicted on Schedule 4 - Shire Business Centre Map,
which include a dynamic mix of development with an appropriate integration of uses
within each, including—

A) Business Precincts (B1-B2), which provide for the highest order of retail
development in Noosa and comprises the retail core of the Shire Business Centre
site, with associated car parking generally located with Precinct B2;

B) Precinct B3, which provides for showroom and office development;

C) Employment Precincts (E1-E7) for future employment growth, which include 3
precincts (E1, E2, E3) with preferred themes to allow these precincts to take
advantage of new employment opportunities;

D) acivic area located within Precinct E1, which provides for a range of civic uses and
functions;

£) an inter-regional transit facility in Precinct E6;

F) a Residential Precinct (RES), which provides residential support accommodation to
the other key precincts; and

 

February 2015

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