Information Request MCU23 0078 [As Published] · MCU23/0078

                       • Accommodation Activities (Multiple dwelling, short-term accommodation)
                       • Business Activities (Food and drink outlet; office; shop; shopping centre)
                       • Community activities (Health care service)
                       • Entertainment activities (Bar; Hotel; Theatre; Indoor Sport and Recreation).
                       (emphasis added)
                 Despite the above, a number of the above uses were deleted from the Amended DA Form 1
                 – Application Details, with little information provided about the change. Further, some of the
                 comments made under the responses to the Major Centre Zone Code (PO3 & PO4 - refer
                 Appendix H) refer to the uses that have been deleted from the application, such as a health
                 care service. Further, the response to the Entertainment Activities Code refers to a range of
                 entertainment activities including bars and hotels, which have also been deleted from the
                 application (refer PO1 - Appendix H).
                 Under the Major Centre Zone Code, overall outcome (4)(f) states:
                 A small format supermarket, entertainment activities such as cinemas, hotel, bars, as well as
                 short-term accommodation opportunities and community uses develop in the precinct.
                 Performance outcome PO5, states:
                 The Noosa Business Centre, as a principal function provides for employment growth in key
                 priority employment sectors for Noosa Shire, by enabling a wide range of business,
                 commercial and community activities, as well as retaining development capacity in the longer
                 term to take advantage of potential future employment opportunities.
                 While a cinema (Theatre) has been applied for, a number of the uses expected in the VMU
                 Precinct (5D) were deleted from the application. While a shopping centre has been applied,
                 which means … the use of premises for an integrated shopping complex consisting mainly of
                 shops, this definition is broad and provides no certainty about the mix of uses reasonably
                 expected within the precinct. It is not accepted that the definition of a shopping centre extends
                 to include a hotel, bar or health care service.
                 Under PO4 of the Major Centre Zone Code, it is expected that … development provides for a
                 range of business activities that serve the highest level needs of businesses, residents and
                 visitors within the Shire, and offers a higher level and more diverse range of employment
                 opportunities than other centres in Noosa Shire.
                 It is evident from the application material that the primary use being applied for is for retail
                 development, including a shop and shopping centre, which will comprise 13,700m². This limits
                 other potential employment generating uses, with a limited amount (2,800m²) being provided
                 for purely office use. While 1,540m² of the floor area is stated to be for entertainment, it is
                 unclear what is meant by this use, given the above, with a cinema (Theatre) being separately
                 defined.
                 Information Required:
                 17.     Further information is required to demonstrate the proposed development achieves the
                         expected mix of uses within the VMU Precinct (5D), including a limited amount of
                         additional retail development, hotel, bars and community uses, which are not provided
                         with the current proposal.
                 18.     Further information is required about the nature and extent of the uses being proposed
                         including the floor areas the various uses to be shown on amended floor plans for the
                         development, including within the separate lots (Lot 3 and Lot 7) given that land is not
                         being amalgamated and each component of the development needs to stand-a-lone in
                         terms of the provision of carparking and other built form outcomes being sought under
                         the planning scheme.




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