Development Application part 3 of 10 Planning Report - MCU13/0092

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      .   9 Health/Well Being tenancies;
      .   3 Interior Decorating tenancies;
      .   4 Health & Beauty type tenancies;
      .   40-50 Office tenancies including four (4)real estate agencies, accountants,
          the Post Office, the ANZ bank, QML and a Veterinary Clinic; and
      .    11 Retail Shops, comprising the Endeavour Foundation Shop, a tea
          emporium, Annie’s Book Shop, a Pharmacy,a newsagency, a fruit &
          vegetable shop, 2 bottle shops, a bakery, and the Friendly Grocery. We
          have been advised by Council town planning staff that the Friendly Grocer
          premise is proposed to be re-developed into a restaurant/retail stalls/50m2
          food tenancy (all in about 250m 2 gfa. Only about 7 of the 50 (about)
          existing retail tenancies could be correctly said to be serving a convenience
          local shopping service.


Casual            observations   would     suggest            that   only    minimal    day-to-day
convenience shopping occurs at the local centre. the closure of the Friendly
Grocer could also be recognition that local residents are doing the majority
of their convenience shopping outside of Peregian Beach and/or the Village
Square is better suited for entertainment/dining activities.

In   more      recent times,. due to a lack of available and appropriately zoned
land in the   Neighbourhood Village Centre the following contemporary
’commercial’ developments have either established, or gained approval
outside the centre (in addition to the existing Hardware Store on the western
side of the David Low Way) on the west side of the David Low Way, namely:


          i)         The Peregian Beach Tavern on the west side of the David Low Way

                     opposite the Village Centre;
          (ii)       The Marquesas Commercial buildings west of the David Low Way

                     immediately adjacent to the land subject of the Multi Unit Australia
                     Group application;
          (iii)      The mixed retail/commercial development on the north side of Heron
                     Street opposite the Village Centre; and

          (iv)       The proposed Planning and Environment and Court approved
                     ’Essence’ Development on the west side of the David Low Way about
                     350 metres south of the land subject of this application.


These four          (4) developments increase the range                     of local retail,   dining,
entertainment and commercial uses at Peregian Beach commensurate with
the   increasing need of the local community, and the inability of the
traditional neighbourhood village (square) centre to accommodate such
uses.



The establishment of these uses has not threatened the viability, role, nor
character of the centre, but rather has satisfied the local community’s need
for additional retail and commercial choice, some uses of which were not
previously generally available at Peregian Beach.



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