2015-07-21 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     21 JULY 2015


2                        FURTHER REPORT - DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF
                         USE FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT (SERVICE STATION, SHOP, FAST FOOD
                         RESTAURANT, CAR WASH, SELF STORAGE FACILITY AND TOURIST PARK AT 125
                         MYALL STREET COOROY (MCU14/0056)
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                              Denis Wallace, Coordinator Planning
                                    Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                               ECM/ Application/ MCU14/0056

Attachments                         1.   Amended Proposal Plan


RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Coordinator Planning to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 21 July 2015 and refuse Application No. MCU14/0056 for a
Development Permit for Material Change of Premises for a Mixed Use Development comprising:
Retail Business Type 5 - Vehicle Uses (Service Station & Car Wash), Entertainment & Dining
Business Type 1 - Food & Beverages (Fast Food Restaurant), Retail Business Type 2 – Shop
(Convenience Retail), Industrial Business Type 1 – Warehouse (Self-Storage Facility), Visitor
Accommodation Type 2 - Caravan Park (Tourist Park), situated at 125 Myall St, Cooroy for the
following reasons:
1.    The development raises significant conflicts with The Noosa Plan and its land use intent for
      the rural zone and water supply catchment area.
2.    The development represents a substantial expansion of Cooroy’s commercial precincts that
      will further disperse and fragment its business centre, which is undesirable.
3.    The development will compound existing traffic problems at the Myall Street & Elm Street
      intersection, which is undesirable.
4.    The applicant has not demonstrated sufficient grounds exist to overcome the
      development’s conflicts with The Noosa Plan, with only low to moderate overall need
      apparent for the development.


REPORT
A report on an application for a mixed use development at 125 Myall Street, Cooroy was included
on the Planning & Organisation Committee meeting agenda dated 28 April 2015 (Item 3, Page 8)
and was considered by the General Committee on 4 May 2015. At its Ordinary Meeting of 7 May
2015 Council resolved to defer consideration of the application to a future meeting, with
discussion at the General Committee indicating a deferral would allow staff to hold further
discussions with the applicant about the proposal.
Following the deferral, staff conducted a site inspection and discussions with Councillors to seek
their views on the development and met separately with the applicant to convey the primary
issues raised by Councillors. The primary issues raised with the applicant were:
                       Broad recognition of the need for a tourist park;
                       A preference for the tourist park to be repositioned away from the highway toward the Myall
                         Street frontage for improved amenity and increased visibility;
                       Need for an increased riparian buffer to the creek within the site;
                       Consideration of the need for a roundabout at the entrance to the site; and
                       Concern with the large undeveloped portions of the site likely to result in further
                         development.


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