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the village square and all surrounding open space areas so that existing
businesses in the area are benefitting from the unique village character
of Peregian Beach. It is part of the intent, character and ethos of
Peregian Beach that it does not have a large scale supermarket,
schools, churches, high rise accommodation or hotel accommodation.
Economically, the future prosperity of Peregian Beach depends on
maintaining its existing character so as to ensure that it does not become
just another “strip development”. In that sense it will be almost unique on
the Sunshine Coast.

Need

There is absolutely no need for another supermarket. Peregian Beach
residents have sufficient supermarkets with nearby Coles at Peregian
Springs, nearby Coles and Woolworths at Coolum Beach and Coles and
IGA at Noosa Junction.

Because of its village character the commercial activities in Peregian
Beach have diversified with a number of smaller local stores selling the
same produce that would be sold in a supermarket in the proposed
development although of better quality and with far better service. These
businesses meet all the day to day needs of the local community and will
do so into the future.

Town Planning

Council has already seen the devastating impact that the Noosa Civic
Development has had on Noosa Junction and Noosaville from which
those areas have never recovered. Surely Council would not wish to
repeat that experience in Peregian Beach.

This tendency to oversupply supermarkets has had a devastating effect
on towns such as Rockhampton in Queensland where the town centre
has been deserted by the duplication of the services otherwise provided
in the town centre to supermarkets in the outer regions conducted in “box
like” structures in air conditioning.

Most people drive to a supermarket when there are many choices in
close proximity to Peregian Beach. What extra convenience does a
supermarket on the Bowls Club site offer?

There can be no doubt that if this application is approved it will create
two centres with this centre duplicating the existing centre, with
devastating economic and social effects to the existing village.

Pedestrian connection from this proposed site to the present Peregian
Village square is neither short nor regularly accessible — over 350 metres
via the pathway next to the Peregian Beach Hotel and 550 metres via
Woodland Drive and David Low Way, thus there is no easy connectivity
between this proposed site and the village.