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                                                                                        TOWN PLANNING REPORT
                              Development Permit for Material Change of Use for Service Station, Shop and associated
                                                                         Operational Works for an advertising device




         MCU14/0102
          -   139 Eumundi Noosa Rd, Noosaville
          -   Approval included the uses Entertainment and Dining Business Type 1 Food and Beverage and
              the Retail Business – Type 2 Shop and Salon. These uses were approved in this application
              despite the uses being inconsistent with the zone.
         MCU16/0084
          -   140-142 Eumundi Noosa Rd, Noosaville
          -   Approval was for a Night Owl convenience store which approved Entertainment & Dining Business
              Type 1 Food & Beverage, Retail Business - Type 2 Shop & Salon, Retail Business - Type 5 Vehicle
              Uses


5.2           Needs Assessment & Community Benefit
A Needs Analysis has been prepared by RPS and is attached to this report as Appendix G.
This Needs Analysis demonstrates that there is sufficient demand for an additional Service Station of this
nature and scale of operation, in this location. The subject site is strategically located in the existing cluster of
employment and economic activity and centrally positioned on Eumundi-Noosa Road, which is reasonably
expected to aid in the convenience by which it services residential and non-residential demand, within the
identified area.
Furthermore, the associated convenience retail floor space will represent a net reduction of retail expenditure
captured by the Subject Site. As discussed in Section 5.1 above, there will be a reduction in the informal retail
floor space on the subject site, reducing the locally retained retail expenditure from 2.71% to 1.73% of
expenditure in the Noosaville SA2.
As such, this Proposed Development will have no impact on the sustainability of existing retailers within the
Noosaville SA2 and will in fact see an increase in the amount of expenditure available to these retailers in the
short term.
The Service Station and Convenience Retail Assessment provided further demonstrates the fuel need and
convenience retail need for the development. Please refer to Appendix G for further explanation.
In summary, the proposed development will draw less retail expenditure away from existing centres than the
current informal retail on the site. Therefore, the Proposed Development will have less impact on existing
centres than current retail offering and will result in some expenditure flowing back to other Centres.


5.3           Traffic Impact
As detailed within the Traffic Impact Assessment prepared by MRCagney, the traffic likely to be generated by
the proposed service station would have negligible impact on the operational performance of the external road
network and surveyed roundabouts during the weekday AM and PM peak hour periods, as the additional traffic
generated would be significantly less than 5% of base traffic volumes travelling westbound along Eumundi
Noosa Road in 2019 (the proposed opening year of the site operation).
Provided the recommendations of this report are adopted, there is no traffic engineering reason to preclude
the proposed development from proceeding.

5.3.1         Car Parking
As illustrated on the proposed site plan provided in Appendix D, the proposed service station will provide a
total of 10 car parking spaces. This outcome seeks a relaxation of 2 parking spaces less than the car parking
requirements of the Noosa Shire Council Planning Scheme.




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