161217 MCU.0081 Noosa Council Planning Submission

                                                                   Noosa     Community                         Biosphere
                                                                   Association Inc.

             Monday 19th December 2016

             Assessment Manager
             Noosa Shire Council
             P.O. Box 141
             Tewantin. Qld. 4565
             Via e-mail [email protected]

             Re: MCU16/0081

             Dear Assessment Manager

             Thank you for the opportunity to provide comment on the proposed Material Change of Use for 28
             Eenie Creek Road. The Noosa Community Biosphere Association is opposed to the proposed
             development.

             The Noosa Community Biosphere Association Inc (NCBA) is a not for profit community organisation
             representing over 300 members from all walks of life, most living in or near the Noosa Biosphere
             Reserve. Our membership shares an array of interests ranging from sustainable economic
             development to social engagement, community well-being and environmental conservation.

             The Noosa Community Biosphere Association is driven by a core mission to make sustainable living a
             normative behaviour in our biosphere under an ethos of Our People, Our Places, Our Future. We are
             subsequently eager to ensure that all development within the Noosa Shire is appropriate for UNESCO
             Biosphere Reserve striving towards sustainability.

             At the outset of this submission it is important to state that the NCBA is aware of Noosa’s aging
             population and the need to ensure that there are appropriate facilities in place to adequately cater for
             this growing demographic. The NCBA is strongly supportive of integrated aged care facilities
             adequately serviced by a variety of non private vehicle transport and located in suitable areas within
             the Noosa Shire. However, it is felt that this site is inappropriate and previous rejection by Noosa
             Council of a similar proposal for this site is a strong indicator that this development should not go
             ahead for the following reasons.

             Incompatibility with designated use under the Noosa Plan.

             The area is not consistent with the plan for the Shire Business Centre, which identifies the site for open
             space recreation uses. The NCBA believes that carefully managed open space with due diligence
             given to existing wildlife habitat would be a far more suitable use for the area.

             Location

             The site fronts very busy sections of two heavily used roads, with the entrance being off of a
             roundabout. There would be roadworks necessary to provide access to the site, and a continuous
             traffic flow to contend with resulting traffic hold-up in busy times. All of this is hardly conducive to a
             comfortable lifestyle for an aged community, and could eventually lead to an underpass or overhead
             access to be made available to reach the other side of the road – the cost of which would be borne by


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Noosa Community Biosphere Association 19 December 2016