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

    CONCLUSION

   The proposed shopping centre is an inconsistent use within the Open Space Recreation
   Zone of the Eastern Beaches Locality. Section 326(1)(b) of the Sustainable Planning Act
    2009 seeks that the assessment manager's decision must not conflict with the Planning
    Scheme, unless there are sufficient grounds to justify the decision, despite the conflict.
   This assessment finds the increased traffic demand created by the proposed shopping
    centre presents serious safety concerns to the surrounding road network, with doubts raised
    as to the technical feasibility of any road upgrading to resolve the problems. The increased
   traffic on the surrounding residential collector streets will also have substantial safety and
    noise impacts.
   The design of the shopping centre is reliant on utilising an existing carpark along David Low
   Way, even though no formal access has been provided by council, creating a conflict with the
    existing community uses that use this car parking area. Furthermore, the proposed built form
   does not match with the surrounding residential streetscape, including the use of 40m long x
    3.5m high acoustic walls presenting as an entrance to the development from the only street
   frontage to which the site has access.
   While the applicant’s economic report indicates a level of economic need for a convenience
    retail development in Peregian Beach, the overwhelming objection to the development
    expressed by the community during public notification serves to undermine the level of
    planning need for the development. The location of the site is also physically separated by a
    350m walk to the Peregian Beach Village Square, which is the community’s existing focal
    point for community interaction and commerce. The separation between the 2 locations will
    result in 2 centres, operating independently from each other and further reducing the level of
    planning need for the proposal.
   The applicant has not adequately demonstrated that the use of the Open Space Recreational
   zoned land is surplus to Peregian Beach’s needs. This development alienates any future
    use of the site for sport and recreation purposes, which is contrary to The Noosa Plan,
    Sunshine Coast Open Space Strategy and the draft Sunshine Coast Planning Scheme.
    It is, therefore, concluded there are insufficient grounds to justify the proposal’s significant
    conflicts with The Noosa Plan, and the application is recommended for refusal.

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