Attachment 1 - Preliminary Town Planning Advice · MCU15/0122

29. This position is supported by a number of specific provisions for the Community
    Services Zone under the Noosaville Locality Code, which provide that a small
    medical precinct be established on land, formally described as Lot 1 on RP900855,
    which is where the Centre is located. These provisions include specific outcomes
    O170, O171 and O173, and in particular probable solution S173.1, which state that
    a medical precinct be established on this land.

30. Consequently, the proposed development is also in conflict with these provisions,
    given that the planning scheme specifically seeks that support services for the
    Noosa Hospital be located on this land and not land included in the Detached
    Housing Zone, regardless of whether it is in close proximity to the Noosa Hospital.

Noosaville Medical and Professional Centre

31. The Noosaville Medical and Professional Centre has been successful and is well
    tenanted; however, currently there is about 350m² of available floor space in the
    Centre. Further, while there are a range of uses allowed within the Centre, including
    education for the University of Central Queensland (UCQ) this does not mean that
    these uses will remain at this location in the long term, in particular if the NBC
    develops as expected.

32. It is specifically intended under the planning scheme that uses such as the UCQ be
    located in the NBC. Should this occur, there will be considerable floor space (about
    3,000m²) available in the Centre that could accommodate a range of medical uses
    that provide support to the Noosa Hospital. The existing Centre is well located for
    this purpose.

33. Noosa Radiology is currently a tenant in the Centre. The owner of the Centre has
    confirmed that at no time has Noosa Radiology made a request for additional floor
    space to be provided. Given the nature of the Centre, being a mixed use
    development, the type and number of tenancies regularly changes. Consequently,
    it is highly likely that had Noosa Radiology approached the owner about acquiring
    more floor space, this could have been accommodated, with sufficient contiguous
    floor space able to be provided.

34. It should also be noted that there is potential to provide additional floor space at
    the Centre, being in the order of about 720m², subject to sufficient parking being
    provided and some other issues being resolved.

35. In summary, the proposed development is in significant conflict with the Noosa
    Plan 2006.




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