2019-10-28 Special Meeting Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 3 - RAL18-0023 - Master Plan Stage 1

CHOOSING FUTURES: Shire Business Centre Master Plan - Stage 1                                                                  9

                                                                         i.  The functioning of Eenie Creek Road and the
3.      PLANNING & DESIGN PRINCIPLES
                                                                             southern access road are of key importance to
Apart from the planning and design principles flowing                        traffic flows across the coastal area of the
from the Strategic Plan (refer to Section 2.1 above)                         Shire. The Shire Business Centre site should
and the constraints over the site (Section 2.2), there                       be designed such that peak traffic flows to the
is also a range of other principles, opportunities and                       site do not impact on the wider functions Eenie
constraints that have been considered in the                                 Creek Road and the southern access road.
development of this Master Plan:                                         j.  Intersections, both internal and external to the
a.    The site should be developed as a centre of                            Shire Business Centre site should be designed
      urban design and environmental excellence in                           to operate without the need for traffic lights.
      both     built   and     natural   environments,                   k.  There are traffic and economic imperatives that
      showcasing the attributes of the site, the                             necessitate connectivity between the existing
      environmental capabilities of the Shire and best                       Noosaville industrial estate and the Shire
      practice environmental technologies.                                   Business Centre, however the potential for
b.    Key design elements should include a transport                         conflict between heavy vehicles and both other
      system that is not sub-servient to the needs of                        traffic and certain land uses requires control.
      motor vehicles; energy-efficient design; the                       l.  Traffic distribution through the site will benefit
      generation of renewable energy; waste                                  from provision of a loop road providing for
      minimisation; recycling; etc.                                          circulation and distribution of traffic.
c.    Presentation of the site as viewed from                            m. Traffic movements at surface level within key
      elevated bridging associated with the southern                         business and employment areas may benefit
      access road and from the southern approach to                          from one-way loop systems to reduce the
      the bridge is of importance. From land to the                          potential for conflict between vehicles and
      south at around RL10, the road would drop to a                         pedestrian/bikeway systems.
      bridge deck level of around RL4 or 5, providing                    n.  Key parking areas need to be located
      visible sight lines across the Shire Business                          immediately adjacent to key generators. In this
      Centre site.                                                           respect, the key generators will be the main
d.    Designations adjacent to the southern access                           retail areas and the key employment nodes.
      road provide the opportunity for the character of                  o.  While it is desirable to identify nodes for
      the adjacent areas to be maintained, thereby                           particular forms of development, it is also
      providing an open space feel on this entry to                          desirable to maintain the opportunity for a
      Noosa Shire. This character can be reinforced                          dynamic mix of development. Development
      by the frontage treatments along the Shire                             precincts are a convenient way of describing
      Business Centre site, with natural vegetation                          and labelling mapping and associated controls,
      being retained in strips of significant width,                         however some care needs to be exercised to
      together with occasional wider areas.                                  ensure that such precincts are not read as
e.    Staged development of the site can optimise                            discrete      areas     preventing       appropriate
      opportunities to test outcomes. For instance, by                       integration of functions.
      developing those parts of the site that are well                   p.  The relationship between the main retail areas
      removed from the external road system first,                           and open space areas is of importance. In
      opportunities exist to alter traffic designs                           addition, some key employment nodes would
      without impacting on the then existing                                 benefit from strong relationships with open
      development (as would be the case if peripheral                        space areas.
      areas were developed first).
                                                                         q.  The relationship between the main retail areas
f.    Drainage lines through the site should be used                         and key employment nodes is of importance.
      as key definitional items providing edges to
                                                                         r.  Pedestrian movements and many bicycle
      major functions.
                                                                             movements between key nodes within the site
g.    Because the site will develop over a period of                         should be able to occur without the need to
      time, provision should be made for organic                             cross-vehicular traffic systems.
      growth of core activities, radiating from a
                                                                         Based on all the considerations above, two broad
      centre, rather than commencing from a
                                                                         concepts have been devised:
      peripheral point. The drainage arms across the
      site can be used to ensure that potential                          •     A simple function layout depicting open space
      problems arising from conventional concentric                            and development precincts and key connectivity
      growth can be ameliorated.                                               - Figure 3.1 on page 10; and
h.    Capacity should be retained on the site in the                     •     A simple traffic layout showing key connectivity
      longer term to take advantage of potential new                           and circulation - Figure 3.2 on page 11.
      employment opportunities, as the identification
      of alternative land in the coastal part of Noosa
      Shire will become is already difficult and will
      become more so in the future.

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