2017-06-06 - P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Alignment Amendments Part 1 (Pages 1-907)

                                                                    i      Cooroy’s role as the principal business and service centre for the hinterland;
                 Including amendments 3 July 2017
The Noosa Plan




                                                                    ii     Cooroy’s industrial estate;

                                                                    iii    technology based businesses reliant on broadband communication;

                                                                    iv     timber industry initiatives and product manufacturing at the Nandroya Mill
                                                                           site;

                                                                    v      Cooroy’s support role in the locality for surrounding agricultural activities;

                                                                    vi     extractive and mineral resources;

                                                                    vii    facilitating artistic and cultural business enterprises; and

                                                                    viii   agricultural industries and associated rural enterprises;

                                                    l)     Business opportunities in Cooroy are enhanced by the protection of its major transport
                                                           corridors including access to the Bruce Highway, Cooroy-Noosa Road and the North Coast
                                                           Rail line; ;

                                                    u)     Cooroy services much of the hinterland of Noosa providing low to medium order goods and
                                                           some higher order goods and services such as vehicle sales, rural supplies, community,
                                                           medical, and educational facilities as well as specialty items such as handmade furniture;

                                                    v)     Cooroy’s industrial estates provide capacity for considerable growth, diversity and
                                                           employment for the hinterland, with access to the Bruce highway being particularly important
                                                           to this growth;

                                                    m)w) The town of Cooroy provides a range of community services, schools, medical facilities,
                                                         sporting and recreational facilities, which service the hinterland and beyond;

                                                    n)x)   New areas of urban and rural settlement development are precluded from the part of the
                                                           locality within the catchment area of Lake Macdonald where the dominant goal is the
                                                           protection of water quality within the primary water supply source;

                                                    o)y)   The Bruce Highway, Elm Street, Cooroy-Noosa Road, Eumundi Road, parts of Myall Street
                                                           and Diamond Street, Cooroy-Belli Road, Maple Street, Mary River Road, Lake Macdonald
                                                           Drive and Sunrise Road are protected as parts of the Noosa’s major road network;

                                                    p)z)   A public transport node is located within Cooroy and links public transport services to other
                                                           centres in Noosa, including railway stations;

                                                    aa)    Rail services and highway access is maintained for residents of the locality to commute to
                                                           Brisbane or other employment centres;

                                                    q)bb) The vistas offered from the major road corridors are protected and add to the attraction of
                                                          the locality for visitors and residents;

                                                    r)cc) Environmental and aesthetic values associated with the hillslopes, including iconic
                                                          mountains and the watercourses of Lake Macdonald, Ringtail, Six Mile and Cooroy Creeks,
                                                          are protected;

                                                    dd)    The water quality of Lake Macdonald is protected as the primary source of water supply for
                                                           the coastal urban areas of Noosa and the rural towns and villages of Cooroy, Pomona,
                                                           Cooran and Cooroibah;

                                                    s)ee) Water quality standards in the watercourses of this locality are maintained or improved
                                                          through land management practices;

                                                    ff)    Development within the catchment is restricted to protect water quality and its associated
                                                           environmental values. Subdivision and development within the water catchment is limited
                                                           and much of the land will remain as open space;



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