PM Submission Object - Joanne Case - MCU16/0153 & REC16/0041

PBCAI’s and my objection to the DA is firstly based on its lack of compliance with the Noosa
Plan Open Space Recreation zone requirements. PBCAI specifically seeks to protect and
retain the site for low cost visitor accommodation reflective of the site’s previous use as a
caravan park.

The Noosa Plan resulted from a community consultation process and was subsequently
approved by the State Government. It should not lightly be ignored by a developer being
granted an approval which significantly conflicts with the Plan.

In addition here, in order to obtain the Council’s previous approval, although it should be
stated that no attempt was made to get community approval, this same developer agreed
with conditions which kept the then proposed development in compliance with the Town
Plan (See above). Now that developer, six years later and having done nothing with the
approval, proposes another development in conflict with the Noosa Plan. Once again the
developer wants to change the rules for its financial benefit and not for the benefit of the
Peregian Beach community.

This DA proposes only 20 visitor beds in the Hotel/Motel. It does propose a further 12
apartments designated as “multiple and visitor” which the developer proposes to make
available for permanent residents although whether this on a lease or sale basis is
unknown. All of the 88 beds in the Multiple Housing are proposed to be for permanent
residents contrary to the Noosa Plan and the previous, now lapsed, approval.

I agree with the comment in the Information Request at page 12 of 13 “the limited range of
visitor accommodation proposed in conjunction with the primary use of the site for
permanent residential living remains a significant concern.”

This concern is increased by the fact that the commercial building, which the developer
replaced with the IGA supermarket, provided for visitor accommodation. Now this DA
provides for less visitor accommodation on the entire site than was originally sanctioned by
the Planning and Environment Court approval of 12 February 2010.

I have serious concerns about the density, site cover, gross floor area, planting area and
plot ratio having regard to the limitations in the Specific Outcomes for the Eastern
Beaches Locality (Semi‐Attached Housing Zone). These calculations should be based on a
site area which excludes the land dedication included in the Court Order approval (Appeal
25847 of 2008) but which does not exclude the land associated with the Shopping Centre
approval.

4. Staging
The Sprout Architects Staging Plan shows that the developer proposes:‐
Stage 1 = Multiple Housing of 3 types
Stage 2 = Hotel/Motel

Given, the location of Stage 1 in a swampy area overlooking wetlands, at least 6 metres
below and behind the Peregian Beach Hotel to the east and the IGA supermarket to the
south, the developer’s suggested marketing of these houses at $725,000 to $800,000 must


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