PM Submission Object - Deidre Mooney MCU16/0153 & REC16/0041

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.




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