6. Appendix C - Noosa Assessment Benchmark Assessment

Overall Outcomes                                      Response to Overall Outcome

      c) development of a substantive amount of            Refer Section 6 for assessment of key planning
           non-retailing development for employment matters.
           opportunities beyond Retail business;
 iv. is developed at a low scale and density with
      distinctive and unique design elements,
      determined by the setting and recognisable as
      a Noosa development;
 v. comprises buildings of low rise form separated
      by attractive and low key informal spaces that
      are integrated with landscaping and open
      space areas;
 vi. has an outdoor focus, particularly for Retail
      business uses, office uses and Community
      Uses;
 vii. provides for an inter-regional transit facility that
      functions as an integrated public transport
      node, with pedestrian and bicycle paths and
      appropriate external connections;
 viii. provides visual and physical connectivity
      across and throughout the site;
 ix. is designed to ensure that peak traffic flows
      and access to the Shire Business Centre do
      not impact on the wider functions of Eenie
      Creek Road and Walter Hay Drive;
 x. retains development capacity within the Shire
      Business Centre in the longer term to take
      advantage of potential new employment
      opportunities;
 xi. is developed into precincts, as depicted on
      Schedule 4 - Shire Business Centre Map,
      which include a dynamic mix of development
      with an appropriate integration of uses within
      each, including—
A) Business Precincts (B1-B2), which provide for
    the highest order of retail development in
    Noosa and comprises the retail core of the
    Shire Business Centre site, with associated car
    parking generally located with Precinct B2;
B) Precinct B3, which provides for showroom and
    office development;
C) Employment Precincts (E1-E7) for future
    employment growth, which include 3 precincts
    (E1, E2, E3) with preferred themes to allow
    these precincts to take advantage of new
    employment opportunities;
D) a civic area located within Precinct E1, which
    provides for a range of civic uses and functions;
E) an inter-regional transit facility in Precinct E6;
F) a Residential Precinct (RES), which provides
    residential support accommodation to the other
    key precincts; and
G) a Minor Recreation/Minor Mixed Use/Open
    Space Precinct (REC/MU), developed for the
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