MCU14/0106 Appendix K - Commercial Needs Assessment

2.2        LOCAL CONTEXT
As indicated previously, the Noosa Shire Business Centre is the highest order centre situated within the
Noosa Shire. The Noosa Shire Business Centre includes Noosa Civic, and therefore the subject site.

The following sub-section provides a review of the local context, specifically the locational attributes of the
subject site, and the usage patterns of Noosa Civic.

2.2.1      NOOSA SHIRE BUSINESS CENTRE
The Noosa Shire Business Centre is an area comprising approximately 70.5 hectares and is located to
the south of Eenie Creek Road and the west of Walter Hay Drive in Noosaville.

The centre is divided into 19 precincts in the Council’s Map for the site, with each one designated for a
particular purpose (refer Map 2.2). The existing Noosa Civic is located within precincts B1 and B3
Business (Retail Centre and Business) and B2 Business (Car Parking and Offices). The majority of the
subject site on which the Noosa Civic expansion is to be located is designated E1 (Employment).

According to the Noosa Plan, the Noosa Shire Business Centre is intended to be the highest level activity
centre in Noosa Shire. The site is within a few kilometres of secondary activity centres such as the
Tewantin business centre (2 km north west), Noosaville business centre (2 km north-east) and Noosa
Junction business centre (4.5 km north-east).

An overview of the boundaries of the Noosa Shire Business Centre and the specific location of Noosa
Civic within the broader designation is outlined in Map 2.3.Noosa Civic is the major use within the Noosa
Shire Business Centre precinct, with the balance of the land currently undeveloped.

The precinct also adjoins the Noosaville industrial estate, which is located to the immediate west, north-
west and north of the site, concentrated along Eumundi Road, Rene Street and Lionel Donovan Drive.
The Noosa Waters Canal estate is situated to the north of the site, beyond which is the urban residential
area of Noosaville, which extends to the Noosa River.




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