2020-07-16 SM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 2 - Final Noosa Plan 2020 Parts 1-3

 Within the hinterland, focus is directed towards high quality nature­based and rural tourism experiences and events to diversify and
 balance the visitor experience across Noosa Shire. The Tourism Strategy Noosa 2017–2022 prepared by Tourism Noosa supports this
 focus by encouraging and promoting hinterland, nature­based experiences to help disperse visitors throughout the region with a focus
 on 'quality' experiences that attract high​ spending interstate and international visitors to the region.

 Nature­based tourism includes a sustainable activity or experience that relates to the natural environment. Such experiences may
 include opportunities associated with high scenic amenity of the rural landscapes and villages as well as the natural beauty of the
 mountain ranges and sub​tropical bushland. They have the potential to provide diverse, high quality tourist experiences as well as local
 economic development opportunities. Nature­based tourism experiences are encouraged in the hinterland, rural areas and Noosa North
 Shore provided they are carefully located and designed to minimise negative impacts on the natural environment, scenic landscape, and
 local character and amenity. Nature­based tourism that is easily accessible to the trail network is encouraged.


 Extractive industries

 Extractive resource industries are recognised as contributors to the local and regional economy. They support the needs of other
 industries and the community through the supply of valuable commodities including gravel, clay and hard rock. Low levels of population
 increase continue to limit local demand for raw extractive resource materials (particularly sand and clay) and construction related supply
 chain activities. Efforts remain on ensuring the continued availability extractive resources to service regional markets while ensuring
 good environmental outcomes. State and local resource areas, shown on the Extractive Resource Overlay Maps in Schedule 2, are
 protected from incompatible land uses sensitive to the impacts of extractive processes.

 Applications for permits for coal exploration, coal mining, coal seam gas exploration or coal seam gas production within the Shire are not
 supported based on significant concerns from council and the community regarding associated environmental and social impacts and
 the incompatibility of such activities with Noosa's natural assets and lifestyle.

 Editor's Note­ Mining tenements, specifically Mining Claims, Mineral Development Licences and Mining Leases can be found at the
 Department of Natural Resources, GeoResGlobe mapping system..
 Creative industries

 Creative industries, including cultural, crafts and community activities, are a significant aspect of Noosa’s culture and lifestyle. These
 activities include music, film and television production, entertainment software development, performing arts, writing, publishing and
 print media, advertising, visual arts, graphic design and marketing through to professional services such as architecture. These
 industries and activities provide considerable wellbeing benefits for residents and visitors alike and are an important economic driver for
 the economy of Noosa Shire. They have significant potential for wealth and job creation through generation and exploration of intellectual
 capital. Such industries and businesses are creators and early adaptors of technology and continually develop new and innovative ways
 to connect and generally export services out of the Shire. They generally like to cluster with other creative industries to further build
 collaboration and partnerships. Recognising and encouraging these industries will be important to the future sustainability and viability
 of this sector in the Shire.

 3.2.7              An innovative and responsive transport system
 Noosa Shire’s dispersed, low density settlement pattern, multiple employment nodes and free flowing road network make
 implementation of conventional transport solutions challenging. The high number of visitors during holiday periods, long weekends or
 during events, puts pressure on Noosa's road network and car parking spaces, as does the high rate of car dependency. Land available
 for car parking, particularly near urban centres and key attractions, is finite making car travel to popular locations difficult in peak times.
 Creating more capacity in the road network and car parking around key destinations will only encourage additional congestion. Thus,
 focus continues to be on encouraging public transport, active transport, use of motor scooters and the like in conjunction with
 disincentives for unlimited numbers of private vehicles accessing key visitor destinations.

 The planning and coordination of where people live, work and engage with each other and how they get around is important for reducing
 traffic and parking congestion and car usage in the Noosa Shire. Managing the amount and location of housing, visitor accommodation
 and business functions contributes to improved transport outcomes. To this end, the planning scheme focuses on facilitating well
 designed ‘infill’ development around transport nodes and providing for mixed­use town centres. This will help reduce the distance to
 travel, encourages walking and cycling, and increases the convenience of public transport for those living near centres. This is further
 supported in the planning scheme with the designation of a transit hub at the Noosa Business Centre.

 Arterial roads, distributor roads and collector roads collectively form the major road network, the balance are local roads that
 predominantly provide direct property access. The Strategic Framework Infrastructure Map in Schedule 2 depicts the major road network
 for the Noosa Shire, with the road hierarchy shown in full on the Regional Infrastructure Overlay Maps.


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