PM Submission Object - Peter Friis MCU16/0153 & REC16/0041

PLEASE SEND IN SUBMISSIONS TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE FINAL DATE OF
267 APRIL 2017

Mr Patrick Murphy,
The Assessment Officer,
Noosa Shire Council

[email protected]

Dear Mr Murphy,

Submission in opposition to the Development Application
MCU 16/0153 & REC16/0041

I write to oppose the approval of the above development application (DA). The
grounds for my opposition are listed below.

1, History

The site, on which this development is proposed, was part of a caravan park
which existed in Peregian Beach from 1964. The current developer excluded
permanent caravan residents from the site and then claimed that the caravan
park was not commercially viable. For this reason, in 2009, the developer sought
approval to build a commercial building on the David Low Way part of the site
and two unit blocks each of 16 apartments and 30 of “beach shacks” behind the
commercial building and the Peregian Beach Hotel. This was agreed to by the
developer and the Council at a mediation.

However, the developer was not satisfied with what he had agreed to and in
2011 went back to the Planning and Environment Court to vary his agreed plans.
The development which the developer had had approved by the Planning and
Environment Court on 24 January 2012 was not economically viable. Apparently
the developer was unable to sell any of the “beach shacks” off the plan and the
proposed mini-supermarket, approved as part of that approval, was physically
non-viable. With no pre-commitment the developer did not proceed.

Subsequently, in 2013 the developer submitted a new development application
(for the area where the commercial building was approved) for a supermarket
and four specialty shops, this time, after discussion with the Peregian Beach
community. This proposal, was supported by PBCAI and the Peregian Beach
community and was approved by Noosa Council on 29 May 2014. It was a
significant improvement on what the developer had previously had approved.

The IGA Supermarket and the four specialty shops (the IGA supermarket

development) which was subsequently built is a positive benefit to Peregian
Beach.

2. The Current Development Application