MCU14/0106 Submission PM Support - Irene Hurley

Subject: Noosa Civic Expansion Plan
From: IRENE HURLEY
Date: 2015-07-15T22:04:57+00:00
To: Mailbox Council Mail

Hi there

I would like to give my support to the application for an extension of 
the Noosa Civic.  I supported the first submission which was turned 
down.  I now feel that this chance to expand the only real shopping 
experience in Noosa should not be missed.  If it had been allowed first 
time around it would already be up and running now. The longer it is 
left the more expensive it becomes and there is less chance of it 
becoming a reality.  Although Noosa has a population cap of sorts and 
wants to remain undeveloped with height restrictions etc. it still needs 
to cater to the needs of a growing population whether everyone likes it 
or not.   The proposed plan is impressive and would compliment the 
existing area which is far too small.

I agree that we don't want high rise and anything else that redefines 
what is a beautiful and peaceful part of the world but a shopping centre 
certainly won't be detrimental to this goal.  As it is most people have 
to go to Maroochydore to shop and the opening of the Big Top down there 
makes that experience even better.  You can go there for a few hours, 
shop and have lunch with friends - a nice experience for everyone and 
especially so if you are retired (which a lot of people in Noosa are).  
The lost revenue to Noosa must be quite substantial.  The increase in 
jobs locally would also be beneficial.

There are too many fragmented shopping areas.  The Junction is forever a 
white elephant - no matter how much money is thrown at it - it fails to 
deliver.  The money spent on the bus station was ludicrous and hasn't 
delivered the hundreds of people it was purported to.  There was an 
opportunity to make this area into a pedestrian precinct by closing one 
side - there is after all a ringroad - and then make this area into a 
residential/dining experience - but the powers that be chose instead to 
stick to the status quo which wasn't working and will never work.  It 
seems everyone can see that but the planning people.

Noosa Village is also losing any appeal it might have had.  It is small 
and only really used by those in Noosa Waters and surrounding area.

Tewantin however is absolutely thriving and will continue to do so as it 
has a large surrounding population - which continues to grow. The 
village caters for most things - supermarket, banks, cafes, clothes 
shops, skin/doctors clinics, dentists, vets, chemists even the Council 
Office.  It would however be nice if someone could do something about 
that aweful eyesore The Royal Mail.  Surely someone could force the 
owners to at least give the dump a fresh coat of paint!!  It covers a 
large area and it really beggars belief that it is allowed to remain in 
such a run down state. The gutters are rotten and it is only a matter of 
time before there is an accident when one collapses completely.

I know a lot of people will say ok go to Maroochydore if you want to 
shop but I would like to be able to go to my own shopping centre and 
have an equally enjoyable experience.  I love the National Park and main 
beach and I love to walk along Gympie Terrace and I love eating out in 
Noosa.  Gympie Terrace has some of the best eateries in the shire.  Yes, 
I love all these things but I also like to shop.

I hope when everything is taken into consideration you will allow the 
application to go ahead.

Kind Regards.

Yours sincerely

Irene Hurley