MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission object - Tania Lacey

The Noosa Plan and associated planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect                               the current
circumstances       in neighbourhood            of the proposed        Development.    The planning    scheme       may have
envisaged Industrial       development          in the area at one time however Community             Use, Openspace        and
Residential development            that has been approved         in the area since 2004 when the Noosa Plan was
prepared      makes it an incompatible           use of the land
due      to   community         amenity,   health     and   safety
concerns.


The subject       Property       is currently     located   in an
Industry      Zone. It contains       no infrastructure     of an
industrial     nature     and     is not   adjoined    by other
Industry Zoned property.          It (Fig. 1) is bounded on two
sides by Eumundi-Noosa            Road and Walter Hay Drive.
The land which immediately             adjoins the Property       is
zoned Community           Uses, occupied by the School to the east and an electrical              substation    to the north.
Immediately      adjoining      the school as you progress along Walter Hay Drive is an oval used for sporting
and recreational        purposes (zoned Open Space Recreational)              and a retirement   village (zoned Residential
Use).


The Noosa Plan is now almost twelve years old and well past the recognised                        use-by-date      for such an
instrument.      A reasonable        assessment     of the site as it currently        stands would     indicate     that   it is
incorrectly    zoned based on the way the site, and the surrounding                neighbourhood,     has evolved over the
years.


As a matter of legacy rather than intent the remainder                  of the former Noosa Shire Council Depot, being
the subject      Lot 30 on SP 170751 (the Property),                   continued   to be zoned    "Industry".    The Church
purchased the Property from Noosa Shire Council on 20 December 2007. The Property shares a common
boundary with the School Health and Physical Education Centre and Childrens' Swimming Pool,


It is a matter of public records that in 2007 the Church was concerned about the possible development
of the site. The School stated at the time that a prospective developer "...could establish a service
station on the site.. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect of fuel storoge tanks and fuel vapours
being so close".9

There is further     contention'O that there was a verbal agreement                 at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property " ... would not be made available to other
commercial enterprises"u and that the Property would provide a buffer zone between the School
Community       Services Zone and the nearby Industry Zone. The alleged verbal agreement                    struck between
the Noosa Shire Council and the Church "...never envisaged that [the} land would be made available for
a service station".12The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated cooperation


, https ://www.gslc.qld.edu.au/news.aspx ?article=99
, ibid
10 Counsellor Frank Pardon quoted in Gardner P, Noosa News, 9 December 2015
11 ibid

12 ibid




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