Council Meeting MCU22-0201

with supermarket based retailing. They may also include medium density housing above or behind
businesses. Any new development should not be of a type, scale or form that would detract or
reduce the viability of either of the two major centres in the Shire.
3.3.5(s)(ii)(F)Cooroy District Centre serves as the main activity centre for the communities of
Cooroy and other outlying hinterland villages. Cooroy has a strong historic country town identity
with a number of local and state listed heritage buildings. The centre provides services to rural
enterprises in the surrounding hinterland area. Shop top housing in the centre of town and
townhouse residential development on the edge of the centre are provided for.
3.3.5(s)(ii)(G)Cooroy is divided by the railway line with the concentration of the centre activities
located on the western side. The eastern side retains its service role to support the district centre
by providing small-scale, local convenience goods and services for nearby residents, which may
include a small-scale supermarket provided the need can be economically justified.
The applicant has provided an Economic Needs Assessment which in summary submits:
•   The trade area for the car wash is generally consistent with what would be the practical trade
    area for the Cooroy District Centre though trade would also come from passing trade.
•   There are no commercial car washing services with the Primary Trade Area and the Secondary
    Trade Area. There are three mobile car wash service providers that service the area.
•   There is limited tenant demand for more speciality tenancies within the Cooroy District Centre
    and the approved development (shopping centre) does not materially contribute to Cooroy
    fulfilling its role and function as a District Centre.
•   The proposed car wash would provide an additional service to the services offered in the
    Cooroy District Centre and has more potential to encourage residents of Noosa’s hinterland to
    patronise Cooroy District Centre by offering something additional as opposed to more of the
    same small speciality tenancies.
•   Requiring a car wash to locate in an industrial area in Cooroy would compromise the facility’s
    ability to meet an identified need given Cooroy’s industrial areas are not on highly visible and
    accessible roads. It would also take-up land from a more appropriate business-to-business
    oriented industrial use and introduce non-industrial traffic into an industrial location.
•   By its nature a car wash relies heavily on passing trade, with car washes increasingly
    establishing in major shopping centres.
•   There are a myriad of examples of tenants within the eastern part of Cooroy Town Centre that
    would serve a catchment consistent with a District Centre trade area, including Sauers Produce
    and Garden Centre, the Cooroy Outdoor Centre and Cooroy’s only 2 service stations.
•   There are several sites within the Cooroy District Centre occupied by remnant houses or
    activities that represent an under utilisation of these site.
•   The proposed development is conveniently located for local residents between 2 service
    stations.
Whilst it is acknowledged that a carwash facility is not currently available in the locality, the
proposed car wash is not considered to meet the Strategic Outcomes of the Noosa Plan as it
proposes an industrial use in the district centre rather than the desired commercial, community and
entertainment related uses.
Notably, Strategic Outcome 3.3.5(s)(ii)(G) seeks for the district centre on the eastern side of
Cooroy to provide convenience goods and services for nearby residents. The applicant’s Economic
Need report identifies the catchment, detailed in the following image, which clearly identifies that
the proposed use does not align with this intent as it will service a much a broader area in addition
to passing trade.