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

9.0    SUMMARY

 9.1       Lot 94 was originally established with a Bowls Club by TM Burke Pty
           Ltd, a private Development Company in the early 1960s as a
           community meeting venue. Its ultimate use as a Bowls Club resulted
           in sections of the community not utilising the facility to the point that
           it became economically unviable as a Bowls Club about 3-4 years
           ago and has remained abandoned for about the past 3 years. To
           our knowledge no alternate viable community uses have been
           identified for its future use and Council has not resolved to acquire
           the site;
 9.2       It is recognised that the intended Noosa Plan land use purpose for
           Lot 94 is of an Open Space Recreation Zone type use, however, that
           zone was applied to the, land at a time when it was occupied and
           used by the Peregian Beach Bowls Club (over a period of some 38-
           40 years). The Peregian Beach Bowls Club (PBBC) ceased to exist
           about 3 years ago having been trading insolvent for a considerable
           time, and the zone fails to recognise the subsequent ownership of
           Lot 94 by the Pine Rivers Memorial Bowls Club who endeavoured to
           assist the PBBC to trade out of their debt, but to no avail, such that
           the site is now abandoned as a Bowls Club. Significantly the Site
           remains in private ownership rather than public ownership;
 9.3       As indicated in the recently (2010) published “Up Rose an Emu” book
           about the establishment of Peregian Beach, Marcus Beach and
           Sunrise Beach by Peter Sharpe the TM Burke Pty Ltd employee
           responsible for the vision which resulted in the establishment of the
           Bowls Club (and existing Tennis complex and abandoned Village
           Square Swimming Pool complex) the demise of the Bowls Club would
           likely be the result of a number of factors, some of which might
           affect the viability of the community recreation uses west of the
           David Low Ways;
 9.4       The proposed Convenience Supermarket and small retail tenancies
           complex will undoubtedly fill a void at Peregian Beach, one which is
           unable to establish within the Neighbourhood Centre due to a lack
           of appropriately zoned land and premises, and an apparent general
           preference for dining/fashion boutiques/interior decoration type
           uses to establish in the Centre;
 9.5       The economic “Needs Assessment” report by Foresight Partners
           found that “there is a clear and significant economic and
           community need for the proposed neighbourhood centre”, and that
           “more than $10.5m (85%) is expected tp be recapture of spending
           currently escaping from Peregian Beach”, and “the lack of
           supermarkets indicates a clear void in the existing retail provision”,
           and most importantly “impacts are unlikely to adversely affect the


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