Town planning report

       4.5.5    Business uses code

       The proposal complies with the code as it would be appropriately located and
       designed to maximise the benefit to the community. There is a demonstrated
       community and planning need for this type of development as there are not many
       small-scale service stations in the nearby vicinity. Most service stations are clustered
       near the Eenie Creek Road and Eumundi Noosa Road roundabout, and only one
       other service station is located within 2km of the site. The immediate locality is
       therefore relatively poorly-served with respect to the type of facility proposed.

       The Noosaville locality provides for much of Noosa’s commercial and retail needs,
       with residents enjoying high levels of convenience and accessibility to urban
       services. The proposal would be located within an existing business centre and
       would continue to provide an urban service with high accessibility to the
       surrounding road and pedestrian networks. The proposal would be compatible with
       the neighbourhood’s identity as the existing service station has been in operation
       since the late 1980s, but the new and improved design would continue to reflect the
       existing vehicle-dominated activities in a far more attractive form. The proposal
       would also improve the streetscape and operate as intended without relying on the
       addition of any new GFA or tenancies.

       Although the proposal would be located within 150m of a residential use, the
       amenity of the neighbouring properties would be maintained as there would be no
       changes to the existing hours of operation. As noted in the acoustic report, air
       quality assessment report, light spill report, and traffic impact assessment, suitable
       setbacks combined with acoustic barriers and landscaping would be provided to
       better manage potential off-site impacts on the external traffic network and amenity
       of surrounding properties.

       The site would be large enough to accommodate the proposal and associated car
       parking, accessways and landscaping as it has an area of 2483m2 and a road
       frontage of 30m to Weyba Road and 53m to Mary Street. Fuel pumps would be 17m
       from Weyba Road and 11.5m from Mary Street, air and water facilities would be
       sufficiently clear of residential properties, and inlets to bulk fuel storage tanks would
       be located so tankers can stand wholly within the site while unloading fuel.

       120m2 of the floor area would be available for display and sale of convenience type
       goods including, but not limited to, vehicle-related products and pre-packaged
       food and beverages that are typical of contemporary service stations. Despite the
       planning scheme limiting the GFA of associated retail sale of goods to 15% of the
       GFA (40m2), the retail component would be ancillary to the main service station use
       as it would be located wholly within the service station, and no separate tenancy
       would be required.

       A small-scale, freestanding pylon sign would be located in the southeast corner of
       the site to display pricing information to passing motorists, and additional logo


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