Planning Report - Revisions incoporating Attachment H - Economic Report · MCU13/0092

   •   9 Health/Well Being tenancies;
   •   3 Interior Decorating tenancies;
   •   4 Health & Beauty type tenancies;
   •   40-50 Office tenancies including four (4) real estate agencies, accountants,
       the Post Office, the ANZ bank, QML and a Veterinary Clinic; and
   •   11 Retail Shops, comprising the Endeavour Foundation Shop, a tea
       emporium, Annie’s Book Shop, a Pharmacy, a newsagency, a fruit &
       vegetable shop, 2 bottle shops, a bakery, and the Friendly Grocery. We
       have been advised by Council town planning staff that the Friendly Grocer
       premise is proposed to be re-developed into a restaurant/retail stalls/50m²
       food tenancy (all in about 250m ² gfa. Only about 7 of the 50 (about)
       existing retail tenancies could be correctly said to be serving a convenience
       local shopping service.

Casual observations would suggest that only minimal day-to-day
convenience shopping occurs at the local centre. the closure of the Friendly
Grocer could also be recognition that local residents are doing the majority
of their convenience shopping outside of Peregian Beach and/or the Village
Square is better suited for entertainment/dining activities.

In more recent times, due to a lack of available and appropriately zoned
land in the Neighbourhood Village Centre the following contemporary
‘commercial’ developments have either established, or gained approval
outside the centre (in addition to the existing Hardware Store on the western
side of the David Low Way) on the west side of the David Low Way, namely:

       i)       The Peregian Beach Tavern on the west side of the David Low Way
                opposite the Village Centre;
       (ii)     The Marquesas Commercial buildings west of the David Low Way
                immediately adjacent to the land subject of the Multi Unit Australia
                Group application;
       (iii)    The mixed retail/commercial development on the north side of Heron
                Street opposite the Village Centre; and
       (iv)    The proposed Planning and Environment and Court approved
               ‘Essence’ Development on the west side of the David Low Way about
               350 metres south of the land subject of this application.

These four (4) developments increase the range of local retail, dining,
entertainment and commercial uses at Peregian Beach commensurate with
the increasing need of the local community, and the inability of the
traditional neighbourhood village (square) centre to accommodate such
uses.

The establishment of these uses has not threatened the viability, role, nor
character of the centre, but rather has satisfied the local community’s need
for additional retail and commercial choice, some uses of which were not
previously generally available at Peregian Beach.


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