2015-09-15 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               15 SEPTEMBER 2015



  PROPERTY DETAILS

  Property Address               28 Eenie Creek Road Noosaville Qld 4566

  RP Description                 Lot 3 SP 246584

  Land Area                      28.94ha

  Existing Use of Land           Shopping centre, carpark, showrooms, offices, commercial uses,
                                 service station and vacant/environmental balance lands within a master
                                 planned business centre


  STATUTORY DETAILS

  SEQRP Designation              Urban Footprint

  Locality                       Noosaville

  Zone                           Shire Business Centre

  Overlays                       Environmental Protection & Enhancement Areas
                                 Low/High Potential Acid Sulphate Soils Areas
                                 Flood Hazard Area
                                 Area Subject to Minimum Floor Height
                                 Medium Bushfire Hazard Area

  Assessment Type                Impact


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report seeks Council’s determination of a development application for a major expansion to
Noosa Civic shopping centre. The application is before Council due to the degree of conflict with
planning provisions for the site, the significance of the proposal and the level of public interest in
the application (133 submissions were received during the public notification period).
The expansion will roughly double the size of the existing Noosa Civic, with the new mall to connect
to the existing shopping centre via a pedestrian link across an environmental covenant. Noosa
Civic sits within the Noosa Business Centre where retail development already exceeds planned
limits. The Noosa Plan’s provisions for the site’s remaining undeveloped commercial precincts
seek to generate diversified employment growth that will expand Noosa’s economy. The
development is proposed predominantly over a precinct identified for “Technology based R&D,
Business Offices & Civic” develpoment. As such, the proposed retail expansion raises
fundamental conflicts with The Noosa Plan’s land use intent for the site. This intent is reinforced
by the South East Queensland Regional Plan, which also seeks to protect the Noosa Business
Centre for long-term employment diversification opportunities.
The application suggests very limited demand exists for development consistent with planning
scheme provisions, such as commercial offices and the like. The proposed shopping centre
expansion is framed by the applicant as responding to pressing community needs indicated by: a
high level of escape expenditure from the Noosa Civic catchment; comparatively low provision of
existing retail floor space, including discount department stores; and the strong performance of
existing supermarkets. Future retail spending growth is said to be driven in part through population
growth, particularly around Peregian Springs and Coolum. The applicant suggest only modest
impacts on existing centres within the Noosa Civic catchment, which it says will be quickly offset
by future spending growth.



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