MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object- Velecha Lawrey

The Noosa Plan and associated                  planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the current
 circumstances         in neighbourhood            of the proposed          Development.     The planning    scheme       may have
 envisaged Industrial            development       in the area at one time however            Community     Use, Openspace and
 Residential        development      that has been approved            in the area since 2004 when the Noosa Plan was
 prepared      makes it an incompatible             use of the land
due       to   community          amenity,     health     and     safety
concerns.


The       subject     Property      is currently     located      in an
Industry       Zone. It contains        no infrastructure         of an
industrial      nature      and     is not     adjoined    by other
Industry Zoned property.             It (Fig. 1) is bounded on two
sides by Eumundi-Noosa              Road and Walter Hay Drive.
The land which immediately               adjoins the Property          is
zoned Community            Uses, occupied by the School to the east and an electrical                  substation   to the north.
Immediately          adjoining    the school as you progress along Walter               Hay Drive is an oval used for sporting
and recreational         purposes (zoned Open Space Recreational)                  and a retirement   village (zoned Residential
Use).


The Noosa Plan is now almost twelve years old and well past the recognised use-by-date                                   for such an
instrument.         A reasonable       assessment       of the site as it currently          stands would     indicate    that   it is
incorrectly     zoned based on the way the site, and the surrounding                     neighbourhood,     has evoived over the
years.


As a matter of legacy rather than intent the remainder of the former Noosa Shire Council Depot, being
the subject          Lot 30 on SP 1707S1 (the Property),                    continued   to be zoned "industry".      The Church
purchased the Property from Noosa Shire Council on 20 December 2007. The Property shares a common
boundary with the School Health and Physical Education Centre and Childrens' Swimming Pool,


It is a matter of public record' that in 2007 the Church was concerned about the possible development
of the site. The School stated at the time that a prospective                           developer   "...could establish a service
station on the site .. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect of fuel storage tanks and fuel vopours
being so close"!

There is further        contention'O     that there was a verbal agreement               at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property " ...would not be mode available to other
commercial enterprises"u and that the Property would provide a buffer zone between the School
Community           Services Zone and the nearby Industry Zone. The alleged verbal agreement                     struck between
the Noosa Shire Council and the Church "... never envisaged that [the} land would be mode available for
a service station"." The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated                              cooperation



8 https:/ /www.gslc.qld.edu.au/news           .aspx?artic le=99
, ibid
10 Counsellor Frank Pardon quoted            in Gardner P, Noosa News, 9 December 201S
11 ibid

12 ibid




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