Owner's Consent (SCRC) - Development Application for Outdoor Dining MCU13/0069

 

Park area. It is, however, highly unlikely that all of the shop premises adjacent to the
Park would ever house restaurants at the one time.

The Proposed Primary Use reflects the general thrust of community preferences
arising from the community consultation held in November 2010 about the future of
the Park.

The Proposed Secondary Use also reflects a very strong response from the
community to the question of whether outdoor dining should continue in the Park in
the manner that it does currently. In addition, the following considerations support the
Proposed Secondary Use:

Outdoor dining has been occurring in the Park since 1987, when the first permit for
outdoor dining was approved by Noosa Shire Council. It has had a substantial history
of operation, without complaint until a complaint in late 2009 regarding loud music
late at night (a practice that has since discontinued).

Many community members submitted that outdoor dining in the Park is not
inconsistent with the purpose of the Park, but complementary.

A number of community members have argued that the outdoor dining is
complementary with the Park for parents and children. Children can and do play
safely in the Park, under parental supervision, while parents complete their meals or
have coffee.

Community members also submitted that both tourists and residents appreciate the
opportunity to dine and simultaneously enjoy a natural park and a river outlook. A
number see this as a quintessential “Noosa” experience, synonymous with a “Noosa
lifestyle”.

In recent years, the issue of public safety and security has changed thinking about
parks, and led planners and landscape designers to reconsider how parks can be
revitalised in order to encourage their greater use and ensure that they do not
become loci for anti-social activities. This trend has accompanied the development of
the CPTED approach to the design of public spaces.

The original architectural vision for the Quamby Place centre anticipates activity
between the buildings and the Park; the open colonnade abutting the Park, the
permeability between the building and the Park, and the facing of shopfronts onto the
Park all point to a vision for uses of the Park that the community have identified in the
community consultation and that outdoor dining in the Park provides.

If the outdoor dining area is removed, the Park would revert to a park space. This
plan has highlighted the current state of the Park, the lack of activation and potential
for crime. Removing the outdoor dining area will not see the Park activated in a
manner that increases community participation.

Is the proposed or existing secondary use consistent with the primary use of
the trust land?

The use of the Park is inconsistent with the purpose of the trust. However, this Trust
Land Management Plan is to ensure the appropriate enhancement and protection of
the park for the future.

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