MCU14/0106 & OPW15/0001 Information Request Response Report (absent appendices)

                                                                                MCU14/0106



Issue – Non-standard Uses
The proposal includes a number of uses that are not ordinary components of a shopping
centre and not adequately detailed.

Information Required
6      Provide further details of the likely scale, nature, location and operation of the
       market, telecom tower and sport & recreation uses.
7      Demonstrate how the operation of the market and sport & recreation uses will not
       impact on the primary function of the shopping centre, in particular, with respect to
       parking and access.

Issue - Trade Area Definition
The extent of the southern boundary of the Secondary South trade area raises some
concern in relation to how the expanded Noosa Civic might interact with the Maroochydore
PRAC and, to a lesser extent, the Nambour MRAC. The southernmost extent of the
Secondary South trade area is Coolum Beach and is the locality within the combined trade
areas likely to be most contested by the Maroochydore PRAC and the Noosa MRAC. The
travel time and distance comparison between Coolum Beach and Maroochydore and NSBC
are:
     Coolum Beach – Maroochydore:~18.5km (~17 minutes)
     Coolum Beach – NSBC: ~17km (~17 minutes)

The comparison indicates Coolum Beach residents incur similar travel costs when
accessing either centre. Since the Maroochydore PRAC (anchored by Sunshine Plaza) is
the higher order centre it is reasonable to expect more Coolum Beach residents are drawn
to Maroochydore than Noosa.

The customer geocoding (shown in Map 2.7) of the Retail Needs Assessment identifies a
number of customers from Coolum Beach, providing some corroboration for Coolum
Beach’s inclusion within the Secondary South trade area but further discussion would
reinforce the case for its inclusion.

Information Required
8      Additional justification of the appropriateness of including Coolum Beach in the
       Secondary South trade area.
9      High level analysis of the implications of whether exclusion of Coolum Beach from
       the Secondary South trade area would materially impact the Retail Need
       Assessment findings.

Issue – Existing Noosa Civic Vacancies
The Retail Needs Assessment identifies Noosa Civic as having 4,200m 2 of vacant floor
space, representing a vacancy rate of 14% (as reported in Table 4.1) but the vacancy rate
reported in Chart 4.1 reports the vacancy rate for Noosa Civic as 9%.

The Commercial Needs Assessment suggests limited demand for existing commercial
office vacancies but does not detail the leasing rates at which these are offered.

Information Required
10     Clarify the current extent of vacancies within Noosa Civic.
11     Details of commercial office leasing rates for vacant premises in Noosa Civic and
       comparison with rates in other Noosa centres.




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