MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Compiled Information Request Response

                                                                                   MCU14/0106



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22     Provide an expanded analysis of available tourism expenditure within the Noosa
       Heads-Noosaville area that provides estimates for 2014, 2018, 2021 and 2031 (i.e.
       those years for which resident expenditure is reported).

Issue – Major Retailers Gap Analysis
The Retail Needs Assessment investigates gaps in the provision of major retailers, namely
supermarkets and discount department stores (DDSs). The assessment seeks to
benchmark provision of supermarket and DDS floor space but retailer types are
benchmarked to different regions. DDSs are benchmarked to Brisbane levels, while
supermarkets are benchmarked to Non-Metro Queensland levels.

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23     Provide benchmarking analysis for major retailers (i.e. supermarkets and DDSs)
       where provision is benchmarked to consistent regions (refer to Tables 7.1 and 7.2 of
       the Urbis report). We would also recommend that floor space provision for major
       retailers be benchmarked to Queensland levels, in addition to the regional
       benchmarks Urbis choose to consistently adopt.

Issue
The Retail Needs Assessment estimates a 2014 retail floor space deficit within the identified
trade areas. The analysis indicates the deficit will increase to 2021 but does not appear to
consider the potential for existing approvals to address some of the projected deficit.

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24     Clarify whether the retail floor space supply reported in Table 7.4 and 7.5 of their
       retail needs assessment takes into consideration the supply augmentation made
       possible by existing approvals.

Issue – Turnover Productivity
The retail analysis suggests that turnover productivity among food retailers is expected to
decline sharply, while turnover productivity for non-food retailers is expected to increase
due to the Noosa Civic expansion.

Turnover productivity in non-food retail is not considered likely to increase as a result of the
development.

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25     Reviewed analysis of expected performance of the expanded centre, particularly in
       regards to the expected performance of non-food retailers post expansion.

Issue – Impact on Centres Network
Table 8.5 of the Retail Need Assessment estimates an overall impact of $129M across
identified centres but estimates the increase in turnover for Noosa Civic from the expansion
as $149.6M, leaving approximately $30M of unallocated impacts.

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26     Clarify whether the quantum of impacts resulting from the expansion of Noosa Civic
       have been fully reflected in the impact analysis reported in Table 8.5 of the retail
       needs assessment, which appears to only allocate $129M of the anticipated
       $149.6M in increased turnover.




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