Collated Planning Report · MCU14/0077

5.3         Desired Environmental Outcomes (DEO’s)


            The proposed development does not jeopardise any objectives of the Desired
            Environmental Outcomes detailed within the Noosa Plan, and listed as follows:
            −      Agricultural Uses;
            −      Commercial and Retail Uses;
            −      Community Uses and Facilities;
            −      Heritage;
            −      Industrial Business Uses;
            −      Natural Resources;
            −      Open Space, Environment and Conservation Functions;
            −      Sport and Recreation Uses;
            −      Tourism;
            −      Transport and Mobility Functions; and
            −      Infrastructure and Services.


            An assessment of the proposed development against the Commercial and
            Retail Uses and Industrial Business Uses – Desired Environment Outcome of
            the Noosa Plan is provided below.



            −      (b) Commercial and Retail Uses


            A hierarchy of centres with a range of Commercial and Retail business uses
            provide suitable levels of amenity, service and access to the community,
            consistent with the community’s location and needs and is based on—


            i   a proportion of Noosa’s higher order needs fulfilled by centres in other
                areas, particularly the key regional centre of Maroochydore;
            ii the Shire Business Centre, a Major Activity Centre for the purposes of the
                SEQ Regional Plan and the highest order centre within the former Noosa
                Shire, developed in stages consistent with the needs of the population of
                the former Noosa Shire and areas to the immediate south;
            iii protecting the long term viability of the Shire Business Centre as the
                principle business, retail and administrative centre;
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Planning Report 53213            Murray & Associates (Qld) Pty Ltd             September 2014