L03 Submission

Part 3 Section 3.1 of The Noosa Plan 2006 identifies Desired Environmental Outcomes
(DEO) to strategically guide all land uses in achieving ecological sustainability and provide a
considered and coordinated basis to guide development for many years to come both within
localities and between localities in the Noosa local government area while acknowledging
regional planning considerations in surrounding local government areas.

Those DEOs in The Noosa Plan 2006 for commercial and retail uses as referenced in Section
3.1.3 (b) of the current planning scheme state that, all proposed commercial and office uses must
be based on, among other things:

   i.   A proportion of Noosa’s higher order needs fulfilled by centres in other areas, particularly
        the key regional centre of Maroochydore; and

  ii.   The Shire Business Centre, a Major Activity Centre for the purposes of the SEQ Regional
        Plan and the highest order centre within the former Noosa Shire, developed in stages
        consistent with the needs of the population of the Noosa Shire and areas to the immediate
        south.

The QIC application is anchored, both in design and in demonstrating need, on two (2) additional
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supermarkets and one (1) discount department store and involves 22,870m GLA of additional and
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reconfigured retail floor space, 9,655m GFA of mall and back of house area. The existing Noosa
Civic development already includes one (1) supermarket and one (1) department store in addition
to a variety of speciality stores which are predominately used for retail purposes. Consequently,
the development of two (2) additional supermarkets and one (1) discount department store as well
as further speciality stores does not respect that a proportion of Noosa’s higher order needs are
fulfilled in the key regional centre of Maroochydore as identified in DEO 3.1.3 (b) i.

The information provided by QIC in an attempt to demonstrate that the above QIC application is
meeting the needs of the population of the Noosa Shire, it in fact draws significantly on the needs in
other local government areas in direct completion to the key regional centre of Maroochydore and
in doing so, remains in conflict with DEO 3.1.3 (b) ii.


   2.   The QIC application does not comply with the proposed development of
        Precinct E1 of the Shire Business Centre in the Noosa Plan 2006.

The Noosa Plan 2006 has incorporated a Shire Business Centre (SBC) Map under Schedule 4 of
the planning scheme. This SBC Map identifies the various stages of future development of all land
within the SBC. The above QIC application clearly conflicts with the proposed expansion of
Precinct E1 within the SBC. The Noosa Plan 2006 designates this particular site to be ultimately
developed for Employment (Technology based R&D Business Offices and Civic) based
businesses. It is essential that an appropriate located and dimensioned area/s be set aside for
such businesses in the responsible strategic planning for a local government area like Noosa Shire.
Unfortunately the above QIC application proposes predominately retail based developments or
other “ancillary” uses that would normally only be developed in such a location when supporting
retail development. These other “ancillary” uses do not assist the QIC proposal in any way to
address the strategic references for Precinct E1 in the SBC of the Noosa Plan 2006.

The assessment table for the SBC is included in the Noosa Plan 2006 under Division 9 – Table
11.7 of the Noosaville Locality Plan. This assessment table prescribes the intent for that area
including the subject site and identifies which defined uses are consistent or inconsistent for
development with Precinct E1 in the SBC. The Noosa Plan 2006 defines an inconsistent use as

“…a land use which is strongly inappropriate in the relevant zones because it is incompatible with
other uses generally expected in that zone”.

The QIC application proposes a total of sixteen (16) commercial, entertainment and dining,
education, open space, retail, wellbeing, service and utility and undefined uses. In accordance with
the Assessment Table for the Shire Business Centre Zone, a total of ten (10) proposed business