2020-01-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 13 JANUARY 2020


‘Keeping up with the rapidly changing nature of business is a challenge. Businesses are
increasingly looking for flexible workspaces of different scales and types which provide for
multiple uses; co-shared spaces with opportunities to meet and share ideas; and provide well
connected fast communication and digital services. In order to meet these changing needs and
enable the diversification, business development and growth of priority sectors, suitably located,
zoned and serviced land is allocated. A mixture of approaches is applied to ensure developments
can be easily adapted to suit both the current and future needs of business and industry. This
includes providing for shared cooperative spaces, digital hubs and mixed-use precincts that
support small and growing enterprises.’
Centres hierarchy
‘This hierarchy represents all the retail-based centres that occur (and will occur) in Noosa Shire.
Each activity centre has a retail core function including supermarkets and other retail uses and is
supported by commercial and community uses. The centres hierarchy also takes into
consideration Noosa Shire's role in a more regional context. It recognises that a proportion of the
Shire's higher order needs is fulfilled by activity centres in other areas, particularly the principal
regional activity centre of Maroochydore and to a minor extent Gympie’s major regional activity
centre.
‘The Noosa Business Centre offers the greatest opportunity to accommodate most of the long
term growth and development for key priority sectors including knowledge-based industries such
as education and training, health, digital economy, technology innovation, and research and
development. This will be delivered through a number of planning precincts to reflect the desired
function and role of the centre. Future retail development is provided for in a village mixed use
precinct designed around a vibrant open main street linked to an open air village green space
and connecting with the existing shopping centre. Future commercial and employment uses are
to be located in a business park precinct, small scale business precinct and the nearby
innovation zoned land’.
Strategic Outcomes
Strategic Outcome 3.3.5 (r)
      (r) Noosa is also serviced by the Maroochydore Regional Activity Centre, located outside
      the Noosa Shire. The Maroochydore Centre provides for higher level retail, business and
      community services for the broader region. It is expected that higher order retailing and
      facilities that service the Noosa community will continue to be located outside Noosa Shire.
      The hierarchy for centres in Noosa Shire is shown below.
Strategic Outcome 3.3.5 (s) (i) (B)
(B)   Noosa Business Centre – is one of the highest order centres in the Noosa Shire and is
      designated as a major centre in the South East Queensland Regional Plan. Its role and
      function are to provide for a mixed-use Shire-wide Business Centre, focusing on
      employment growth and economic diversification. Innovation and knowledge-based
      industries, health, research and education are present as well as higher order sub-regional
      retail. There is a very limited increase in retail flood space, recognising the role of the
      regional activity centre at Maroochydore in providing high order retail needs.
The strategic intent clearly recognises a portion of the higher order needs are serviced by out of
Shire centres such as Maroochydore. The draft Planning Scheme proposes to include an
additional retail floor area of 3,500m² for showroom uses proposed for the subject site. The
proposal seeks more than double this provision, however, given the applicants definition of
showroom, the whole of the proposed 7,845m², could result in large format retail shops.
It is also clear the Strategic Outcomes seek that the priority sectors are a key focus for the Noosa
Business Centre and that retail is clustered in the Mixed Use precinct.




                                                                                     Page 89 of 172