MCU14/0056 Economic impact report Att B - Information response

1.           INTRODUCTION
Creekgold Pty Ltd lodged a Material Change of Use application with Noosa Council in July
2014 over a 6.77ha site at Myall Street, Cooroy (Lot 4 RP852045). The proposal was for
highway-oriented mixed-use development which included:
      •    a service station, small supermarket and fast food restaurant with drive-thru,
           totaling 1,455m²;
      •    a 150m² car wash;
      •    52 self-storage units; and
      •    a tourist park comprising ten cabins and 31 caravan park sites.
Foresight Partners prepared a Needs Assessment in July 2014 which addressed the
service station and retail components of the proposed development.


1.1          Information request
Noosa Council issued its Information Request dated 19 August covering a range of
planning, engineering, ecology, water quality, acoustics and environmental health.
Information requested relevant to the Needs Assessment report included:
Issue – Need & Economic Impacts
The submitted Need Assessment does not address need for, and impacts of, the car
wash, tourist park and self-storage components of the development.
Information Required:
1.        Provide a comprehensive need assessment for the car wash, tourist park and self-
          storage components of the development.

The submitted Need Assessment provides only a limited assessment of the need for the
proposed service station component of the proposed development.

Information Required
2.         Provide a comprehensive assessment of need for the service station, including
          detailed assessment of supply of facilities, demand for additional facilities, need for
          additional facilities and impact of additional facilities on the centres network.


The market shares adopted in the Needs Assessment for the supermarket component of
the proposed development are considered overly optimistic, particularly given the layout of
the road network and connectivity between the subject site and the trade areas. For
example, there is limited connectivity between the subject site and the Cooroy West trade
area.




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Myall Street – Information Request Response
12022-1 Rev 0
22 December 2014