2014-01-20 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA   20 JANUARY 2014




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ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                           20 JANUARY 2014

   ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                            14 NOVEMBER 2013

   PURPOSE
   The purpose of this report is to seek council’s determination of an application for a
   Development Permit for Material Change of Use (Entertainment & Dining Type 1 - Food &
   Beverages, Commercial Type 1 — Office, and Retail Business Type 2 - Shop & Salon) at 5-7
   Rufous St, Peregian Beach. The application is before council as there were 960
   submissions objecting to, and 6 supporting, the development proposal. The proposed
   development also conflicts significantly with The Noosa Plan.
   EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
   This application seeks to develop a shopping centre for Peregian Beach, comprising a
   1,900m? supermarket and 8 specialty shops, restaurants and/or offices of 750m*. Access is
   proposed via Rufous Street, with parking on site proposed for 100 cars, 5 motorbike bays
   and 19 bicycle bays. The complex is proposed to operate 7 days a week, from 6am to 9pm.
   The site is zoned Open Space Recreation by The Noosa Plan. The proposed retail and
   commercial uses conflict with the site’s zoning intent to accommodate a variety of passive
   and active recreational experiences for the community, and are identified as inconsistent
   uses for the zone. Local retail, commercial, entertainment and dining uses for residents and
   visitors are intended to be catered for within the existing village neighbourhood centre, with
   the village square identified as a public focus for local community interaction and activity.
   The proposed development presents serious conflicts with The Noosa Plan provisions as the
   proposed development is not located within, or adjacent to, the existing neighbourhood
   centre, being over a 350m walk from the village centre. The proposed development would
   effectively form a second shopping centre at Peregian Beach and is likely to adversely
   impact on the role and function of the Peregian Beach village.
   The applicant's Economic Needs Assessment (Foresight Partners, 2013) submits that there
   is a ‘clear and significant economic need’ for the use. Assessment of the proposal finds that,
   while the proposed centre would provide residents with a small scale supermarket, its
   location will adversely impact upon shoppers’ convenience levels. The submissions from the
   local community have also expressed a view that the proposed shopping centre is not
   wanted and these 2 aspects serve to reduce and undermine the level of planning need for
   the proposal. For these reasons Norling Consulting, on behalf of council, concludes that
   there is a low to moderate level of planning need for the proposed development. This level
   of need must also be considered in view of the continued operation of a small grocery store
   in the village, and there are existing full line supermarkets within 5 minutes’ drive.
   While the proposal will not impact on the hierarchy of centres, it is likely to impact on the
   Peregian Beach village, with impacts anticipated to be 12% to 15%. These impacts may not
   be considered acceptable by some of the Peregian Beach village traders particularly given
   the area’s low population growth.
   The proposal will also alienate land intended for open space recreation purposes and the
   applicant has not demonstrated that the community would not be disadvantaged by the loss
   of open space recreation land, with a general shortage of open space recreational land
   identified across the coast.

   The development would also have unacceptable impacts on traffic operations and traffic
   safety at the intersection of Woodland Drive and David Low Way, and will almost triple traffic
   volumes on Rufous Street, exceeding the normally adopted upper limit for residential
   collector streets.

   The design of the shopping centre is undesirably orientated to the existing council carpark,
   despite no formal access consented to by council. The proposed built form does not match

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