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51 Description of Proposal
The proposal seeks to change the use of the site from a Caravan Park to Visitor Hostel and Visitor
Accommodation (Beach Shacks). Commercial, Retail and Restaurant uses.

The proposal envisions the ongoing use of the site for budget visitor accommodation purposes, however
it is in a form more relevant to changing tourism requirements and visitor expectations. As identified in
technical analyses submitted with this application, and detailed further in Section 7 of this Report, the
traditional customer base for caravan based accommodation is changing, with many caravan parks
needing to change the nature of accommodation offered to remain viable.

The proposal includes three (3) accommodation buildings which offer an affordable ‘hostel’ form of
accommodation. This accommodation is by nature more affordable as it offers shared facilities, with
private sleeping rooms only. This has been achieved through a ‘pod’ design with a series of bedrooms
located around a shared kitchen and laundry facility.

Each of these accommodation buildings incorporate breezeways and have been designed to maximise
passive ventilation and solar access.

‘Essence of Peregian’ will be managed in an ongoing basis by the Applicant. A full time on site
residential manager will be employed to support guest services and site maintenance. The hostel
accommodation building closest to the proposed site access therefore includes a Managers Office. If
approved the ‘Essence of Peregian’ development would employ a full time, on site manager. The
proposed office would therefore enable storage which could be utilised for luggage storage, tour
bookings etc.

In addition to the hostel ‘pods’ the proposal includes the development of thirty (30) ‘beach shacks’.
These shacks vary from between two (2) and three (3) storeys in height, and each contains a kitchen,
dining and living areas and two (2) or three (3) bedrooms. Cabins have been designed with a
contemporary feel and light weight construction. Sustainability and orientation have been key factors
incorporated into the siting and design of the cabins.

The shacks are either located individually, as duplexes or as triplexes to respond to the natural features
of the site, enabling effective landscaping, stormwater management and maximising the retention of
trees on site. The result is a flow from more intensive, public uses along David Low Way towards less
intensive uses and a broken building massing towards the adjacent Noosa National Park.

The proposed beach shacks are also intended to be utilised by the budget accommodation market.
While these beach shacks offer the opportunity for families or groups to obtain private accommodation
on site, future visitors would share the same recreation facilities and visitor services as those provided
for visitors accommodated within the hostel. It is currently predicted that the rental rate associated with
the proposed cabins will be relatively consistent with the rental rate for existing cabins on the site.

The beach shacks have also been designed to prevent their use as permanent residences. Titling of
cabins will be for individual ownership with a “timeshare” or similar arrangement to ensure retention of
cabins for visitor accommodation purposes. Each shack will not have access to dedicated car parking,
postage boxes or accessways. In addition the beach shacks average at just 103 square metres in size,
making them substantially smaller than a standard dwelling.

743 Ann Street, PO Box 1559, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006 Phone 07 3237 8899 Facsimile 07 3237 8833

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