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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   14 OCTOBER 2014




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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                14 OCTOBER 2014

         Eye                   PROPOSAL FOR A BOUNDARY CHANGE

            not only EDV but their communities should become part of Noosa Shire.
            Unfortunately, the Commission’s terms of reference did not include the capacity
            to look at boundary change outside of the existing council boundaries.

            In 2008 the Sunshine Coast Regional Council was created incorporating Noosa,
            Maroochy and Caloundra. In 2014 the Noosa Shire separated from that Council
            area and was re-established as a separate entity.

            In 2014, the boundary that separates Noosa Shire and the Sunshine Coast
            Council area is substantially unchanged to that created over 104 years ago’
            when river crossings defined the ease of access, when roads and bridges were
            few and far between, when the Noosa Shire offices were located in Pomona and
            Nambour was the primary centre for the Maroochy Shire. Then the population in
            the EDV Noosa hinterland area numbered in the hundreds.

            In 1910 the traditional land use in the EDV area was farming, with a particular
            focus on dairying — delivering milk and butter, first to local factories, then to
            more distant factories at Nambour. Population and its density were low. At that
            time it was arguable and even sensible that the EDV area should comprise part
            of the then Maroochy Shire.

            But times have changed. While small amounts of agriculture still occur in the
            EDV area, the most dominant land use across the landscape is rural settlement —
            essentially residential living on large lots. These lots have been generated out of
            the former farms. This has seen a manyfold increase in population. Whereas the
            farming focus on Nambour was once normal and natural, it is no more. The
            closer centres (both rural and coastal) in the Noosa Shire are now more
            attractive to the majority of population in the EDV area. (See Figure One)

                             This boundary is no longer relevant today
                            and does not reflect the links and close ties
                                     of different communities

            4 The one change of significance was the inclusion of South Peregian Beach in 2003
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            Submission from the EDV Group

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