2017-02-07 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 8 Community Feedback on New Noosa Plan

Submitter                  Comments                                                                             Staff Response
                          from Cooroy to Botanical gardens

                    50    Lake Macdonald Drive (CSR Site) does not need more development. Consultation
                          with community was lip service.

                    41    The New Noosa Plan should facilitate the development of affordable housing in         Housing choice in Cooroy would potentially benefit from duplexes in existing
                          proximity to urban areas like Cooroy                                                  detached housing neighbourhoods, an increase in Multiple Dwellings within
                                                                                                                and immediately surrounding the business centres and an increase in dwelling
                                                                                                                houses on small lots in as yet underdeveloped parts of town.
                                                                                                                Refer to drafting

                46, 50    Serious gridlock at the intersection entering Cooroy from the south.                  Refer to Infrastructure Planning & Design Branch

70, 119, 133, 179, 186,   Supports the Second supermarket in Cooroy however no justification for a 3rd          At present Cooroy has one supermarket and a second has been approved but
                          supermarket in Cooroy with future growth and spending in Cooroy area clearly          not yet commenced. There is currently no formal application for another
                          insufficient to support this 3rd supermarket. If one was to be built on the eastern   supermarket on the eastern side of the railway however various preliminary
                          side of railway this would severely impact on the town centre taking away the         conversations have been held. Submissions were received supporting two
                          vibrancy, vitality and viability of shops in the centre. A third supermarket would    supermarkets only on the western side of the railway and alternately
                          severely compromise the envisaged outcome for Cooroy as a district activity           supporting a new supermarket on the eastern side of the railway.
                          centre serving the broader Cooroy / Noosa Hinterland Area.                            Refer to drafting for further consideration.
                          Future residential growth will nearly all be on the east side. Therefore, Cooroy
                          needs a medium-sized retail precinct east of the railway line based on the existing
                          shops and utilising the former Energex site and associated surrounding blocks. If
                          there was a supermarket and shops here there would be less congestion on the
                          Myall St rail crossing intersection.
                          The existing recognizable CBD of Cooroy bounded by Garnet St, Pine St, Elm St and
                          Mary River Rd that is west of the railway line, should be progressively re-
                          developed to cater for the retail and commercial needs of the growing community.

                   117    Aldi has expressed an interest in opening a supermarket in the Cooroy area. This
                          submission proposes increasing the size of the Business Centre Zone on the
                          eastern side of the railway tjo accommodate that proposal.

                    50    Another supermarket to be built in eastern side of railway to grow job
                          opportunities

                   186    Any retail or commercial development east of the railway line should be curtailed     The locality can be considered as having future potential for development
                          until the new Plan is agreed but it is an area which lends itself to becoming a       other than additional retail. Refer to drafting.
                          health hub with Kabara and Palm Lake Resort close by, the ambulance station


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