NJA Submission Attachment A - Submission

               maximum plot ratio (O16), and
               gross floor area in Precinct B1 (O106).

The grounds provided by QIC are not considered to adequate address the preferences in the Noosaville
Locality Code and even provide a convincing justification that the proposal can address the Specific
Outcomes as relevant to these Probable Solutions.

The Specific Outcomes are identified for the SBC precincts in Division 24 - Table 11.21 of The
Noosa Plan 2006. The QIC development application for Precinct E1 fails to comply with consistent
uses listed under Section 11.38 of Table 11.21 and among other things, proposes uses which are
deemed strongly inappropriate. Refer to Table 1 in Ground No. 2 above.

In addition to inconsistent uses detailed under Section 11.38 on The Noosa Plan 2006, the QIC
development application does not propose Precinct E1 to form a key employment node for new
knowledge industries in any form, noting the northern section to be developed for civic purposes.
Consequently, the QIC development application does not comply with Specific Outcome (O123)
and or with Probable Solution (S123.1).

The Noosa Junction Association is concerned that this blatant disregard for The Noosa Plan 2006
sets the scene for the QIC proposal being developed and operated in a manner that blatantly
disregards other environmental, economic, cultural, social and aesthetic values of the local
community.



   5.   The QIC development application has failed to demonstrate a current need for the
        specific development as proposed and as such its proposed scale and nature of
        development is considered premature.

The QIC development application relies on an inventive application of demographics and statistics
in an attempt to justify both the proposed retail uses and their respective sizeable GFAs. The
catchment areas have been extended as have such considerations on the permanent GFA being
vacant. The Noosa Junction Association does not support the needs analysis provided by QIC in
an effort to support the nature and scale of retail development being proposed.


   6.   The QIC development application will undermine to strategic planning principles in
        The Noosa Plan 2006 and result in the balance of development.

The Noosa Junction Association is concerned that if the QIC application is developed as
proposed, it will disrupt the balance of development between localities and land uses in the Noosa
local government area.        The QIC development application has made no attempt to properly
consider or coordinate with other retail localities in the Noosa local government area other than to
simply draw as much retail trade as possible from these areas. These other retail areas and other
commercial, residential and industrial areas need employment opportunities of the nature planned
for this site to provide a balance for development and create a more stable ecomony. The QIC
development application provides no balance of development and in fact distorts existing
development.


   7.   The QIC development application if developed as proposed, will result in a shortfall
        of land identified as being acceptable for development for those employment related
        uses intended for Precinct E1 in the SBC.

It is considered responsible strategic planning for identify sufficient land that is appropriately
positioned and with attributes appropriate for those uses identified for Precinct E1 in the SBC in
The Noosa Plan 2006. There are a range of considerations that identifies if such land is available
and suitable for the appropriate development of such land uses. These considerations includes,
but by no means limited to, - location, land tenure, land area, access or the ability to be feasibly
connected and serviced by all necessary community infrastructure, environmental constraints,


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