Town Planning Report

Project Urban – 16161                                                                         June 2016




9.0 CONCLUSION
This Development Assessment Report has been prepared on behalf of Hass Holdings ATF The
Quasar Trust to support a Development Application for a Development Permit for a Material
Change of Use for the following uses:

        Retail Business Type 2 Shop & Salon
        Retail Business Type 5 Vehicle Uses
        Entertainment and Dining Business Type 1 Food & Beverage.

A Development Permit for Operational Works for Advertising Devices is also sought.

The land that is subject to the application is described as 6 Taylor Court, Cooroy and is legally
described as Lot 3 on SP197517. The Noosa Plan includes the site in the Cooroy & Lake
Macdonald Locality and the Industry Zone. The site is further regulated by a Plan of
Development.

The proposed uses (Retail Types 2 & 5 and Entertainment and Dining Business Type 1) require
impact assessment and are identified as inconsistent uses in the Supplementary Table of
Development Assessment. Sufficient grounds to gain approval to justify the development’s
conflicts with the plan of development are set out below:

        There is a recognised need for a service station that services a highway catchment in this
         location. The nearest service stations that are adjacent to the Bruce Highway are
         approximately 30 kilometres to the north and south of the subject site. The site is
         elevated above, and is clearly visible from, the Bruce Highway. While not a highway
         service centre, the proposed service station and other uses are orientated towards and are
         clearly visible from the Bruce Highway and will service highway needs.

        The plan of development for the estate is now 10 years old and the industrial estate
         remains vacant (except for temporary uses). The plan of development is arguably out of
         date given the age of the approval and the slow take up of sites.

        Even if Council considers the plan of development to remain relevant, the proposal
         occupies one (1) lot in this estate. The 0.8 hectare site equates to approximately 12% of
         the available developable area in the Nandroya industrial estate (total - 6.5 hectares). The
         plan of development’s intent for the estate (which has not been acted on in 10 years) can
         still be achieved given that 88% of the Nandroya industrial estate would remain available
         for land uses that are envisaged by the plan of development.

        The underlying zoning of the site is Industry. The Noosa Plan identifies the Retail Business
         Type 5 Vehicle Use (e.g. a service station) as being a consistent use in the Industry zone in
         numerous localities across the Shire, including in other industrial zoned sites in the Cooroy
         & Lake Macdonald locality.

        The proposal is likely to act as a catalyst for the development of other sites in the
         Nandroya industrial estate which has lain vacant since the estate was developed. This is a
         significant community benefit.

        Access to and the visibility of the site from the Bruce Highway has been improved as part
         of the Bruce Highway (Cooroy to Curra) upgrade.

Development Assessment Report                                                              Page 27 of 29
Material Change of Use and Operational Work
6 Taylor Court, Cooroy