NOOSA CIVIC submission

   3.   The QIC development application does not meet the overall outcomes for the
        Noosaville Locality as identified in The Noosa Plan 2006 and as a result will
        undermine the balance of planning within the Noosaville locality and between
        localities and therefore the whole of the Noosa local government area.

Each locality in the Noosa Shire local government area has its own code in The Noosa Plan
2006 against which assessable development will be assessed and in doing so, help to ensure
each locality obtains its preferred form and function and that there is a balance and
coordination between each localities within the local government area and with surrounding
localities. The Noosaville Locality Code in The Noosa Plan 20006 is one of the important
applicable development codes against which the QIC application is to be assessed. The
Overall Outcomes for the Noosaville Locality Code are intended to strategically guide
development within Noosaville locality and the expansion of the SBC.

The QIC development application is seriously inconsistent with the Overall Outcomes for the
SBC as identified in section 11.8.2 (w) of The Noosa Plan 2006 as summarised below:

Non-Retailing Development

Section (w) iii of the Overall Outcomes of the SBC requires the need for “…the development
of a substantial amount of non-retailing development for employment opportunities beyond
retail business”. Section E1 of the SBC has been specifically designated to include primarily
employment, technology and research and development uses. The QIC development
application over Precinct E1 does not include non-retailing development for employment
industries and as a result fails to comply with Section (w) iii of the Overall Outcomes of the
Noosaville Locality.

Employment Precinct (E1-E7)

Section (w) xi of the Overall Outcomes for the SBC reconfirms the need for substantial non-
retail development while placing priority on the inclusion of Employment Precincts for sections
E1-E7. More specifically, The Noosa Plan 2006 requires Precinct E1 in the SBC to be
developed to cater for employment growth with preferred themes to take advantage of new
employment opportunities. Precinct E1 is to provide for a range of civic uses and functions
with a predominant focus on research and development industries. The QIC development
application for the Precinct E1 proposes predominantly retail uses and does not comply with
Section 11.8.2 (w) xi of the Overall Outcomes of the Noosaville Locality.

Some of the consequences of such a conflict were briefly referenced in those facts and
circumstances supporting ground 2 above. This conflict with a carefully considered strategy
for the Noosaville locality and its relationship with other localities in the Noosa local
government area will create and undermine the strategic intentions for all localities across the
Shire.


   4.   The QIC development application does not appropriately address the Specific
        Outcomes (and Probable Solutions) for the Noosaville Locality as identified in
        The Noosa Plan 2006 and therefore ignores what was intended for the form and
        function of that locality.

The QIC development application openly fails to comply with Specific Outcomes for the
Noosaville Locality prescribed under Division 17 of The Noosa Plan 2006. Areas of
inconsistency between the QIC application and specific outcomes for the Noosaville locality
include:

            •   detailed measures relating to bulk and scale, being height (O8),
            •   maximum site cover (O11),
            •   maximum plot ratio (O16), and