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

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10.4   It would    seem       reasonable to conclude that sections of the Eastern
       Beaches Locality Plan and Code are no longer applicable with the

       passage of time and events since it initially commenced in 1997 and
       subsequently updated in February 2006 (7 years ago), as evidenced
       by:

                    .     the closure of the                 Peregian Beach Caravan Park and                             its

                          proposed       replacement by                          the     P   &   E   Court    approved
                          ’Scanlon’ mixed use development                            -
                                                                                         not yet established;
                    .     the closure and abandonment of the Peregian Bowls Club;
                    .     the   establishment of the                          Peregian Beach           Tavern    on     the

                          western      side       of         the             David   Low         Way    opposite        the

                          neighbourhood centre;
                    .     the establishment of the mixed commercial use development

                          on the north    side of Heron Street opposite the neighbourhood
                          centre;
                    .     the establishment of the commercial Marquesas development
                          on    the western           side of the David                      Low     Way immediately
                          adjacent to the abandoned Bowls Club site; and
                    .     the   more    recent              approval for the closure of the Friendly
                          Grocer     premises               in       the      neighbourhood            centre   and      its
                          conversion      to           a          Restaurant           and       market      stall     type
                          development at ground level with offices above.



       All of these developments with the exception of the Friendly Grocer)
       are outside the        designated neighbourhood centre Zone;

10.5   there     are     no    appropriately                zoned             and    suitable sites within              the

       Neighbourhood Centre Zone for such a convenience shopping facility
       and the subject site which is deemed to be an edge-of-centre site
       and is considered to be preferred to a more remote location;


10.6   the    proposal is       not considered to undermine the purpose of the
       Eastern Beaches Locality Plan which is considered to be outdated as
       a     result of   a    number of commercial
                                                 developments which have
       established                Neighbourhood Centre over past recent
                         outside the
       years, as well as the changing function of the Neighbourhood (Village
       Square) Centre to one of a Dining, Entertainment and Social meeting
       venue, rather than a local retail convenience shopping centre.



10.7       the proposal provides a significant economic and community need.




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