Properly made submission Wayne MacDonald and Donna Lea Sutor MCU13/0069

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                                         X0061251             Noosa Heads, Qld 4567
Sunshine Coast Council
Locked Bag 72, Sunshine Coast Mail Centre, Qld 4560                    CD
Dear Sir/Madam




       I believe that any changes to the existing lease following the application will
have a significant and adverse impact on several restaurant businesses in the
complex,notably the Rock Salt restaurant which, my family,being residents of
Noosa for the past eighteen years, regard as one of the best and most high quality

tourist-attracting restaurants on the Sunshine Coast and definitely, Noosa.
The restaurant is situated in an idyllic position between Noosa Parade and the Noosa
River with its popular outdoor eating and the adjacent grassed area running

alongside being a significant attraction. The outdoor dining area, which can be
enclosed by clear drop blinds during inclement weather, provides for a wonderful

breezeway on warm or very hot days, which adds greatly to the dining experience
and a place where our two small children can play safely while being kept under our
close observation and not being otherwise confined to the close spaces between
tables and diners inside the restaurant proper. In addition, I have never been aware
of the restaurant operating beyond 10pm on its trading day, it is not licensed to sell
alcohol, and is patronised mainly by a regular clientele consisting of local resident
families, retirees, their interstate families and friends, or holidaying business people.
The noise level far this business is confined to very soft background music.

       Because of these characteristics, together with the commitment of the

principals and their staff in promoting Noosa as the holiday destination and a must
on every visitor’sitinerary, Rock Salt is an idyllic family restaurant and one that I
certainly promote and recommend at every opportunity.
       If this application for change to the status quo is successful and the
restaurants’ dining area is restricted to within the confines of original restaurant area
and its outdoor dining no longer accessible to intending or regular clients, then, I
believe that would seriously impact on the existing business to the point where it’s
viability as one of Naosa’s most popular and award-winning eating houses would
have to be questioned and that would be a very sad day for Noosa, particularly
when Noosa has such a need for first class, reputable and popular family and tourist
attractions such as the Rock Salt Restaurant.

       Aware as we are of the rights of all individuals concerned and the need for

certainty and confidence in both existing and intended business opportunities and
enterprises, I sincerely hope that with goodwill and maturity of thought, a
compromise to the mutual satisfaction of all the parties concerned will be reached
and agreed as soon as possible.




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Wayne MacDonald and Donna Lea Sutor, 8 November 2013