CivicExpansionSubmission

                                                                                                 Notice of Submission under the
                                                                                                  Sustainable Planning Act 2009
                                                                                                                                         2015/16



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1. be made to the assessment manager
2. be in writing
3. be signed by each person who made the submission unless the submission is made electronically
4. state the name and residential or business address of each person who made the submission
5. state what aspects of the plan or proposed development your support or oppose and why
6. be received by Council during the formal public notification period
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1. Application details
File No MCU14/0106
Postal address of Land (as advertised) 28 Eenie Creek Road, Noosaville QLD 4566
Nature of Proposed Development Noosa Civic expansion (approximate doubling of retail floor area)

2. Submitter details
Full name of Submitter Howard Pierce
Email Address [email protected]
Postal address 4 Watergum Place
Suburb Black Mountain                                                   State QLD                               Postcode 4563
Signature(s)
N.B.   This form has been designed for the convenience of the public, and any persons wishing to lodge a submission are not obliged to use this form.


3. Details of Submission
I (We), make the following submission:
• Noosa has very little open land left for development and that should be reserved for projects which create
  genuinely new jobs in new fields to diversify our employment base. Adding more dead-end retail jobs is not
  a wise, forward-looking investment that will benefit the area, its residents, or even visitors.


• Noosa Civic already has more retail space than can be supported by the population catchment of the region.
 More retail space will simply cause more empty shop fronts and faster collapse of existing businesses.


• When Noosa Civic originally opened, most of the jobs it purportedly “created” were actually cannibalised from
  existing local businesses. Extending the civic's retail footprint will just kill off more unique local businesses.


• The proposed extension is not only unneeded, unsustainable retail, it is old-style enclosed “big box” shopping-
  mall retail straight from the 1950's when that was a new concept. It does not fit with Noosa's attributes,
  aspirations, or attractions as either a place to live or a place to visit.
(if necessary, use separate sheet of paper and attach)




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