MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object- Clint Smith

The Noosa Plan and associated planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the current
circumstances       in neighbourhood         of the proposed Development.          The planning scheme may have
envisaged Industrial development             in the area at one time however Community Use, Openspace and
Residential development          that has been approved in the area since 2004 when the Noosa Plan was
prepared makes it an incompatible              use of the land
due       to   community      amenity,    health      and   safety
concerns.


The subject        Property    is currently     located     in an
Industry Zone. It contains no infrastructure                of an
industrial      nature   and    is not    adjoined     by other
Industry Zoned property. It (Fig. 1) is bounded on two
sides by Eumundi-Noosa Road and Walter Hay Drive.
The land which immediately           adjoins the Property is
zoned Community Uses, occupied by the School to the east and an electrical substation to the north.
Immediately adjoining the school as you progress along Walter Hay Drive is an oval used for sporting
and recreational purposes (zoned Open Space Recreational) and a retirement village (zoned Residential
Use).


The Noosa Plan is now almost twelve years old and well past the recognised use-by-date for such an
instrument.      A reasonable assessment of the site as it currently                stands would indicate that it is
incorrectly zoned based on the way the site, and the surrounding neighbourhood,                 has evolved over the
years.


As a matter of legacy rather than intent the remainder of the former Noosa Shire Council Depot, being
the subject Lot 30 on SP 170751 (the Property), continued' to be zoned "Industry".                       The Church
purchased the Property from Noosa Shire Council on 20 December 2007. The Property shares a common
boundary with the School Health and Physical Education Centre and Childrens' Swimming Pool,


It is a matter of public record' that in 2007 the Church was concerned about the possible development
of the site. The School stated at the time that a prospective developer                  "...could establish a service
station on the site .. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect of fuel storage tanks and fuel vapours
being so close'"

There is further contention"         that there was a verbal agreement at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property " ...would nat be made available to other
commercial enterprises"" and that the Property would provide a buffer zone between the School
Community Services Zone and the nearby Industry Zone. The alleged verbal agreement struck between
the Noosa Shire Council and the Church "...never envisaged that [thel land would be made available for
a service station"." The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated                  cooperation


, https:/ /www.gslc.qld.edu.au/news.aspx?article=99
9 ibid

10 Counsellor    Frank Pardon quoted     in Gardner   P, Noosa News, 9 December   2015
11 ibid
12 ibid




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