Bowls+Club+Development+Submission+Template · MCU13/0092

A Submission in Objection to the Proposed Commercial Development in the Open Space Recreation zoned area of Peregian Beach

To 	The Chief Executive Officer
	Sunshine Coast Council
	Locked Bag 72
	Sunshine Coast Mail Centre, QLD 4560

File No:  MCU13/0092
Name of Applicant: Multispan Australia
Postal Address of Land:  5-7 Rufous street, Peregian Beach.
Proposal:  Integrated shopping complex development

I wish to make a submission on the referenced development application, as follows:

I/We object to the commercial use of the Peregian Bowls Club area zoned Open Space/ Recreation as determined in both The Noosa Plan 2006 and the draft Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme (2012).

This development will adversely affect the consistent land and community use of the current Tennis Courts, Community House, Kindergarten, Veggie Village and Di Hurst Oval and surrounding residents.

The SunshIne Coast Council Open Space Strategy 2011 identifies that “Peregian Beach locality area is generally under provided for with recreational parks”(2011:35) and we object to loss of this recreational land for the current and future residents of Peregian Beach and wider catchment to commercial development.

Please include any additional points of argument regarding details the development application / currently planning regulations and/or your personal experience of how this will affect you, your family and the community.

I/We object further and submit the following

1. It would remove scarce and much-needed public recreation land at a time when our community,
young and old, are crying out for more of this space. A strong community demand for this public land
usage has been expressed by local sporting groups, and this future demand is supported by
Peregian's growing younger demographic. The zoning for community recreation space MUST be retained.

2. This commercial sprawl would drain dollars away from the businesses in the square and away
from the village itself. Spurious claims have been made about the economic benefits of the
application. In fact local businesses hold strong concerns that a fragmented retail and commercial
strip will have a severely negative impact on local companies.

3. It would create a busy, dangerous traffic choke point into Rufous street, next to our kindergarten,veggie village, tennis courts, oval and community house.
That's why our community groups don't want
it.
4. It would destroy the carefully planned, approachable, human scale of our village in a long-term erosion of what makes Peregian Beach attractive, popular and prosperous.
That's why I do not want it.
Submitter details: (can include more than one person/no age limit)
Full Name:  Paul and Mary Jones

Address:49 Wavecrest Drive
Castaways Beach 4567

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Date of Submission: Friday, 30 August 2013
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