0119174 MCU1401106 (Noosa Civic) – ERM Submission (Signed LLREIL) 300715

                        i a proportion of Noosa’s higher order needs fulfilled by centres in other areas,
                        particularly the key regional centre of Maroochydore;
                        ii the Shire Business Centre, a Major Activity Centre for the purposes of the SEQ
                        Regional Plan and the highest order centre within the former Noosa Shire, developed in
                        stages consistent with the needs of the population of the former Noosa Shire and areas to
                        the immediate south;
                        iii protecting the long term viability of the Shire Business Centre as the principal
                        business, retail and administrative centre;
                        iv recognising that it may be necessary to increase floor space in existing centres to meet
                        changing needs, provided any increased floor space does not impact on the successful
                        operation and development of the Shire Business Centre;
                        v business centres at Cooroy, Noosa Junction, Noosaville and Tewantin;

Under the Noosa Plan, Noosaville Locality Plan, the Shire Business Centre is to
be:
            i) A Major Activity Centre for the purposes of the SEQ Regional Plan, and the principle
            business centre for Noosa, servicing Noosa-wide business and employment needs by providing for a
            range of Business Uses as well as administrative, community, and open space functions
            ii) is a multi-function employment node forming the major focus of employment growth in the
            coastal area of Noosa;
            iii) follows a logical sequencing of development consistent with the needs of the community that is
            dependent on the—
                       B) dedication of a substantial area of open space; and
                      C) development of a substantive amount of non-retailing development for
                      employment opportunities beyond Retail business;
            vi) has an outdoor focus, particularly for Retail business uses, office uses and Community Uses;
            x) retains development capacity within the Shire Business Centre in the longer term to take
            advantage of potential new employment opportunities;

The development is inconsistent with the planning scheme intent for the SBC.
The development does not comply with the scale, use and employment intent for
the SBC. In particular, the intent for the SBC is to provide a ‘substantive amount of
non-retailing development for employment opportunities beyond Retail business’ (Noosa
Plan, part 11, section 11.8.2).

The proposal is primarily a shopping and retail centre with limited non-retail
uses - 5,000m2 of commercial space. Only three office tenancies are proposed as
part of the Noosa Civic expansion (an office, medical office and veterinary clinic).
Approval of the proposal would replace planned non-retail uses with retail
development, changing the character of the SBC from that intended in the Noosa
Plan. The proposed Noosa Civic expansion is inconsistent with the Noosa Plan
DEO for commercial and retail uses in the Shire Business Centre

The proposed development does not support the Noosa Plan SBC Major
Activity Centre requirement for ‘business uses as well as administrative,
community, and open space functions’, nor does it support ‘a multi-function




0119174 MCU14/01106 (Noosa Civic) – Submission 300715
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