Economic Needs Analysis Report · MCU15/0122

2.3           PLANNING CONTROLS
The Queensland Plan provides a broad vision for the State with a focus on nine key pillars
including: Education, Community, Regions, Economy, Health and Wellbeing, Environment,
People, Infrastructure and Governance. The upcoming revision of the South East Queensland
Regional Plan (SEQRP) will be guided by the overarching vison of The Queensland Plan.

At a broad level, the Queensland State Government regulates the planning policies for all
areas of the State. In South East Queensland, the higher-order centres planning intentions of
the State Government are expressed in the SEQRP 2009-2031 (released in July 2009) which
denotes a hierarchy of activity centres servicing the South East Queensland Region. The
function of this hierarchy is to facilitate economic growth through the co-location of activities,
providing a focal point for community interaction and an efficient concentration of goods and
services.

Noosa is designated as a Major Regional Activity Centre with key employment areas identified
at Cooroy and within the Noosa Business Centre Technology and Industrial Hub.

“The expansion of science and technology opportunities at the Noosa Business Centre
Technology and Industrial Hub will also facilitate employment growth and diversity.”

The Noosa Shire Plan 2006 defines the main proposed use as ‘Commercial Business’ and
specifically ‘Type 2 Medical’ which is for ‘the use of premises for the practice of human
medicine and therapies.’ The Plan defines the following intentions for commercial business
uses in Noosa:

“b) COMMERCIAL & RETAIL USES
A hierarchy of centres with a range of Commercial and Retail business uses provide suitable levels of amenity,
service and access to the community, consistent with the community’s location and needs and is based on—

      i)        a proportion of Noosa’s higher order needs fulfilled by centres in other areas, particularly the key
                regional centre of Maroochydore;
      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 former Noosa Shire and areas to the immediate south;
      iii)      protecting the long term viability of the Shire Business Centre as the principal business, retail and
                administrative centre;
      iv)       recognising that it may be necessary to increase floor space in existing centres to meet changing
                needs, provided any increased floor space does not impact on the successful operation and
                development of the Shire Business Centre;
      v)        business centres at Cooroy, Noosa Junction, Noosaville and Tewantin;
      vi)       neighbourhood or visitor centres at Peregian Beach, Sunrise Beach, Sunshine Beach, Noosa Heads,
                Noosaville, Tewantin, Cooroibah and Teewah;
      vii)      the town of Pomona and the village centres of Kin Kin, Boreen Point and Cooran;
      viii)     Uses that comprise a large component of Commercial and Retail business uses or other non-
                industrial uses are not located on land that is otherwise intended for Industrial business uses
      ix)       Home-based business uses that contribute to the economy of Noosa, but do not reduce surrounding
                residential amenity or environmental values; and
      x)        energy efficiency and water conservation principles.”

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