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

Submitter          Comments                                                                            Staff Response
                                                                                                       the Noosa Business Centre.

            21    Need a creative precinct in the Industrial area.                                     Refer to Noosaville industrial area issue.

            23,   Car parking in Noosa Marina and Gympie Terrace too busy                              Council would prefer to see more use of public and active transport which
                                                                                                       would assist in parking congestion around Noosa. Refer to Transport Strategy.
                                                                                                       There are limited opportunities to increase parking capacity in these places
                                                                                                       and the conversion of open space to parking is not a preferred approach.

            45    Restrict major development to Noosaville and allow areas to retain their             Noted
                  character.

            46    Beckmans Road needs to be improved due to traffic jams                               Council has been in negotiation with the Queensland government for
                                                                                                       alternative road arrangements to better accommodate local and through
                                                                                                       traffic around Beckmans Road.

            48    Supports the current health and wellbeing hub in Mary Street Noosaville              Noted

            48    Park and ride from Civic to Noosa, electric buses to beaches and Gympie Terrace      Refer to Transport Strategy

            84    There is a need to do more under the new planning scheme to provide flexibility      The Noosa Homemaker Centre was established as a mixture of retail shops
                  for uses within existing buildings in the Business Centre Zone, such as the Noosa    and showrooms. At the time showrooms were larger premises and had less
                  Homemaker Centre. While the Noosa Plan provides for a range uses that are self-      stringent car parking requirements. Consequently the conditions of
                  assessable, these provisions should be reviewed.                                     development set out the requirements that are of concern to the submitter.
                  Allow for all uses that are consistent in the Business Centre Zone to be self-       While conditions of approval stay with the development, the circumstances of
                  assessable.                                                                          the site can be again considered with the New Noosa Plan. In general the
                                                                                                       Noosaville Business Centre is a very car dominated centre and local area
                  Remove the reference to the number of tenancies provided in the self-assessable      planning should give consideration to land uses and built form that might
                  provisions, given that this is not a relevant matter for assessment, with the        make the area more pedestrian friendly.
                  determining factors being use area, gross floor area and the amount of carparking
                  provided.                                                                            Refer to drafting.

                  Remove the requirement for the consideration of parking for any change of use,
                  from one consistent use to another, where there is no new building work being
                  proposed.
                  Remove any other provisions from the acceptable solutions that do not add real
                  value to the assessment outcome, in particular where no new building work is
                  being proposed.

            122   Site on Goodchap St, - The current zoning of the land is community use , however     Development of the site for commercial purposes has moved away from the
                  the current land uses on site are more reflective of a Business zone and therefore   original intent of a Community Services zoning and can be reviewed however

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