Development Application part 10 of 10 Community Study - MCU13/0092

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1.   SITUATION ANALYSIS




     The proposed development site is located to the west of David Low Way in

     Peregian Beach. It compromises of 6503sqm and was previously a lawn bowls
     club. The site is privately owned by Pine Rivers Bowls Club Limited, along with

     two beach volleyball courts which are still in use. After going into liquidation in

     March 2010, the bowls club has been inactive for nearly three (3)years. Attempts

     to re-establish the Peregian Beach Bowls Club on this site have been unsuccess-

     ful. The club currently operates from the Coolum facility.



     The traditional Peregian Town Centre Village Square is located some 300 metres

     to the south-east of the eastern side of David Low Way.




     The proposed development of the ’Peregian Beach Marketplace’ will consist of a

     IGA Convenience Centre, consistent with IGA’s marketplace concept stores and

     specialty shops that may include a boUle shop; coffee shop, takeaway noodle
     outlet and provide expansion to existing Peregian Beach Village retailers such as

     Australia Post, the newsagent and pharmacy.




     The site at 5-7 Rufous Street currently compromise of an unused Bowling Club, is

     some   2000sqm with the proposed supermarket expected to be 1500sqm with the

     remaining specialty retail tenancies. These tenancies notionally will range be-
     tween 67sqm and 80sqm with a total of seven (7)proposed.




     The site will include a car park with some 100 generous spaces, vehicle and pe-

     destrian access to David Low Way and Rufous Street with appropriate landscap-

     ing. The access to the site from David Low Way will involved gaining access
     through Council owned land, currently used as a public car park associated with
     the Peregian Community Centre.




     It is intended that the proposal for the site and the existing traditional town centre

     village square developments might complement one another, and could attract
     additional activity to Peregian Beach that would add value to existing retail and

     professional businesses.