2019-12-11 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 DRAFT 20191202-Noosa Plan Consultation Report

7. Local Government Infrastructure Plan
 Submitter   Submission and Grounds of Submission                                                                              Planners’ Response                                                                                               Recommendation
 20867879    Noosa Business Centre: Review LIGIP and potentially include additional external pedestrian connections            The road and pedestrian network identified as having a trunk function does not traverse the Noosa                That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
             and minor reconfigurations of the existing Noosa Civic Centre that could be included as trunk infrastructure      Business Centre. There is no intention at this stage that any trunk roads or trunk pedestrian pathways
             to improve connectivity and integration of the overall centre;                                                    are required through the site. Any networks through the site will have a local function only servicing the
                                                                                                                               needs of the development of the site to connect to the broader trunk network along Hoffman Road,
                                                                                                                               Walter Hay Drive and Eenie Creek Road.
                                                                                                                               The existing trunk pedestrian network is sufficient connecting the site to residential and industrial areas in
                                                                                                                               Noosaville and beyond to Tewantin and residential areas in Sunshine Beach via Eenie Creek Road.
                                                                                                                               Missing links in that network have been identified as future projects in the LGIP.
                                                                                                                               Any internal integration and pedestrian movement should be the subject of the future development of the
                                                                                                                               site consistent with the Local Framework Maps and is not identified as trunk infrastructure.
 20868181    Noosa Junction: Review and consider the Open space area in Noosa Junction be considered as trunk and              Open space planning for the LGIP did not identify a demand or need for additional open space trunk               That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
             amend LIGIP.                                                                                                      infrastructure in Noosa Junction. There is no shortfall in open space supply in Noosa Shire and current
                                                                                                                               supply meets the demands of growth in the future. As a result, there is no intention to acquire additional
                                                                                                                               land for trunk open space.
                                                                                                                               The size and location of the draft open space and recreation zoned land on the former bowls club site
                                                                                                                               serves a local purpose only as a result of development on that site.
 20822520    Discrepancy in population figures between LGIP and ABS and infrastructure planning for hinterland towns           Preparation of the LGIP for the New Noosa Plan requires to strictly follow the “Minister’s Guidelines and        That no change be made to the New Noosa Plan as a result of this submission.
                                                                                                                               Rules July 2017 (Under the Planning Act 2016)” where the Population & Dwelling Data is required to be
             The population figures shown are based on information provided by Unitywater and, in turn, are derived from       shown for:
             the number of water connections. This methodology disadvantages the people of the hinterland.
                                                                                                                               1.     the Priority Infrastructure Area/s (PIA) i.e. being the area that provides for urban development
             In coastal areas of Noosa Shire, the water connection numbers used to estimate populations and the data                  growth.
             published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics would be similar, as both data sets would reveal similar
             numbers of residents of all households contained within localities such as 'Sunshine Beach' or Tewantin'.         2.     balance area Outside the PIA i.e. non-urban (hinterland / rural areas).
             The urban footprint of coastal suburbs and their ABS locality boundary would be the same.
                                                                                                                               Council’s population counts referred to by the submitter is the population within the Pomona Priority
             Not so in the hinterland, where the urban populations of towns such as Pomona, Cooroy, Cooran etc are             Infrastructure Area (PIA) only which includes the urban area of Pomona. This figure does not include the
             recorded by Council in the table , but not those people who have an affinity with these towns and who live        population in the Pomona hinterland / rural areas that are outside of the PIA boundary.
             outside the urban boundaries.
                                                                                                                               The ABS data referred to by the submitter includes both the Pomona urban area and hinterland/ rural
             For instance, the ABS estimate of Cooroy's population is 3791, not 2680. Likewise, Noosa Council says             areas which accounts for the difference in population figures.
             Pomona's population at 2016 was 1188, while the ABS says it was 2910. That is a discrepancy of 1722.
                                                                                                                               The planning of facilities in Pomona and other hinterland towns is based on the population inside the
             So the question must be asked: Is Noosa Council providing at Pomona facilities for a population of 1188,          urban PIA boundary and the hinterland / rural area outside of the PIA boundary. Therefore the total
             when those facilities will be accessed by 2910 people?                                                            population of Pomona for example has been considered for infrastructure planning.
             And is Pomona' missing out on facilities because the council deems its population is too small (1188) to          Allocation of demand usage estimates of each trunk infrastructure is shown in the LGIP-SOW excel
             warrant facilities of a certain size and standard?                                                                model where the Pomona “District” Parks includes the population demands of the Pomona & Cooran PIA
                                                                                                                               (urban areas) plus up to 16.5% or 33% of the Balance Outside PIA (total rural area).
             The unaccounted 1722 people (difference between 2910 and 1182) and many others are lumped into an
             amorphous group known as 'balance of rural' in the demographer's parlance. The inference is that Noosa            e.g.
             Council is planning for facilities and amenities at Pomona (and similarly the other hinterland towns) for a
             population of 1188 and not 2910. The 2910 figure is the number of people that live within the Pomona              •     For “Chris Kenney Oval & Straker Park & Pony Club Grounds”, the demand for this district sports
             locality as defined by the ABS, which is larger than the Pomona urban footprint. These people use facilities            park at 2031 Population demand = 1,379 (Pomona) + 847 (Cooran) + (33% x 15,348 allocation
             at Pomona because that is the town where they shop, bank, fill their car with petrol, visit the doctor and send         Outside PIA) = 7,290 persons;
             their children to school.                                                                                         • Likewise for shire wide sports parks the 2031 Population demand = 717 + 300 + 3,798 + 1,379 +
                                                                                                                                     181 + 847 + 43,789 = 66,359 persons.
             Furthermore, we know that there is an overlap of people across the region insofar as movement of people is
             concerned. A community survey conducted in 2015 revealed that 25 per cent of people in Pomona that day            Also the ABS is simply based on census data whereas the LGIP data is based on a more accurate lot by
             were from Cooran. The people of Cooran are used to travelling to Pomona to access facilities, including           lot assessment though the Unitywater DMaTT model.
             community facilities. (This is driving a call for a pedestrian and bicycle path linking both towns.)              Note Unitywater’s DMaTT model is not based on water & sewerage connections but instead includes
             The population numbers used in the Noosa Plan assumes the people of Cooran should be allocated                    every lot in Noosa Shire.
             amenities there, whereas it might be better if those amenities were located at Pomona, from where they            Comments relating to the former Noosa Parks Strategy 2006 was based on a Desired Standards of
             could serve a bigger population, including people from surrounding towns.                                         Service that has been superseded by new reviews & standards including affordability.
             This 'balance of rural' population is too big to ignore, or to exclude from the calculations used to determine    The draft new Noosa Plan includes Part 4 – LGIP which clearly states that the Pomona proposed sports
             the standard, size and location of amenities and facilities provided by Council. For instance, there are 1444     park is scheduled for 2021-2026. Therefore the new Noosa Plan does makes provision for this facility in
             people living at Black Mountain according to the ABS and a further 307 people living at Ridgewood. These          its 20 year plan.
             communities are not included in the table presumably because they do not have an 'urban' footprint. Yet,
             they access council services at Pomona and Cooroy nonetheless.                                                    The submission does not compare similar data and inputs regarding population counts and has
                                                                                                                               incorrectly interpreted the LGIP data.
             In fact, if we group Pomona, Cooran and Kin Kin people as a 'community of interest' to be served by higher
             order services and facilities, the combined group population is 5298 (ABS statistics).



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