NJA Submission Attachment A - Submission

   1.   The QIC application does not satisfy those Desired Environmental Outcomes (DEO)
        identified in Part 3 Section 3.1 of the Noosa Plan 2006 and in so doing disrupt the
        hierarchy and balance of local retail centres such as the Noosa Junction area.

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 that planning period as identified in the planning
scheme and beyond. This strategic planning is at a local level both within the individual localities
within the local government area and at a shire wide level and thereby between the various
localities in this local government area such as The Junction, Tewantin, Noosa Heads, Sunshine
Beach and the like.          This strategic planning has also acknowledged regional planning
considerations in surrounding local government areas such as Maroochydore.

Those DEOs in The Noosa Plan 2006 for commercial and retail uses as referenced in Section 3.1.3
(b) of The Noosa Plan 2006 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 development application is anchored, both in design and in demonstrating need, on proposing
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two (2) additional supermarkets and one (1) discount department store and involves 22,870m GLA of
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additional and 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 predominately used 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 the strategic planning in The Noosa Plan 2006 adopts a basis
whereby 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 the need for the above QIC application of
the nature and scale proposed suggests that in fact it will draw significantly on the needs in other local
government areas and in so doing is in direct completion to the key regional centre of Maroochydore. In
order to do so the proposal includes entertainment and dining uses which can compete with other
surrounding key areas such as Maroochydore. The above QIC development application therefore is
also in conflict with DEO 3.1.3 (b) ii. As a direct consequence, the resulting scale and nature of these
proposed entertainment and dining uses will alter the intended hierarchy and balance of the existing
local retail centres such a the Noosa Junction. This is of serious concern to the Noosa Junction
Association.



   2.   The QIC application does not comply with the proposed development of Precinct E1
        of the Shire Business Centre in the Noosa Plan 2006 and will therefore deprive the
        local economy to become more robust by creating more diverse employment
        opportunities.

The Noosa Plan 2006 has incorporated a Shire Business Centre (SBC) Map under Schedule 4 of that
planning scheme. This SBC Map identifies the various stages of the future development of all land
within the SBC. The above QIC development application clearly conflicts with the planned expansion of
Precinct E1 within the SBC as documented in The Noosa Plan 2006. 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 of the


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