2020-01-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               13 JANUARY 2020


3. Regional activity centres network;
4. Knowledge and technology precincts;
5. Major enterprise and industrial areas;
6. Tourism;
7. Special uses; and
8. Rural prosperity
It is considered the most relevant strategies of the above Elements are:
Element 1 - High-performing outward-focused economy
SEQ responds to the transitioning economy by focusing on export-oriented and business-to-
business transactions that drive productivity and growth, while continuing to enhance population
serving activities that support growing communities.
Strategy 6 & 7
     6. Support and facilitate progression towards more technologically and digitally-based work
     practices, including the rising influence of disruptive technologies to streamline transactions
     and improve business efficiency.
     7. Plan for and deliver sufficient land and local infrastructure to accommodate, as a
     minimum, the employment planning baselines (Table 3 and Appendix A), including an
     adequate supply in the interim (Figure 10).
Element 3 – Regional activity centres network
The regional activity centres network adapts to the demands of a transitioning economy, serves
the current and future economic and social needs of the community and business, and drives
productivity, collaboration and economic growth.
Strategies 1 – 5
     1 Accommodate major employment-generating activities in regional activity centres to
     support their role and function in the broader centres network and leverage existing
     economic assets and infrastructure (Maps 3, 3a, 3b and Tables 7 and 8).
     2 Plan for an increased range and mix of complementary activity, including higher
     residential densities, in and adjoining those centres with direct access to high frequency
     public transport.
     3 Ensure development in individual centres is consistent with the regional centres network
     (Table 8).
     4 Encourage synergies between regional activity centres and other economic uses,
     including knowledge and technology precincts, and major enterprise and industrial areas.
     5 Achieve a high-quality urban form that promotes a walkable urban environment within
     regional activity centres, to encourage interaction and collaboration.
Part C Chapter 3 of the SEQ Plan combines the Noosa Shire and the Sunshine Coast Council
into a Northern sub-region and provides outcomes to align with the Elements and Strategies of
the Goals. Noosa Shire, directly, does not feature greatly in the narrative, however, Goal 2,
Outcome 9 is important and states:
     9 Regional activity centres (such as the Noosa Business Centre), knowledge and
     technology precincts, and major industry and enterprise areas that are not part of RECs will
     be developed in line with the regional strategies.
Under the SEQ Plan, Maroochydore (Sunshine Coast CBD) is the higher order centre being a
Principal Regional Centre of the Sunshine Coast. The Noosa Business Centre along with
Caloundra, Caloundra South and Kawana are Major regional activity centres which are set aside
as key support centres for the Sunshine Coast CBD.


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