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

Unlawful      behaviour       is all too frequent         around service stations. November           2014 just down the road in
Eumundi,s Noosa gunman stole a Channel 7 television                          news car at gunpoint      and crashed it into a large
gas tank at Eumundi Petrol Station.


Clearly a site within         such close proximity          to the Good Shepherd Lutheran College is unsuitable               for the
proposed development             where children may be exposed to violence, terror and recalcitrant                    choices from
which they deserve to be protected.                  It cannot be in the public interest to invite trouble            of this nature
within meters of a school where children have the right to learn in peace and be safe.




Under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 the assessment manager's decision must not conflict                                     with a
relevant instrument,          unless there are there are sufficient             public interest grounds to justify the decision,
despite     the conflict.      The Assessment             manager   can consider       the negative     effects   of a proposal     on
matters of public interest.


The Development            is in conflict with the Noosa Plan and its derivatives             the Naosaville Locality Code and
Overall Outcames for the Noosaville Locality, in that the proposed                           New Use on a property          does not
avoid significant adverse impacts on, and indeed compromises,                          the amenity enjoyed by the users of the
School including          in particular      the school children      as well as users of other         premises in the adjoining
Community       Services, Housing and Open-space Recreation Zone.


While it is acknowledged             that a service station         is a consistent     development      in the Industry    zone, we
draw attention        to table 14-15 of the Noosa Plan, which laces restrictions                       on the siting of a service
station. The Objectives set out in the Plan state that the specific outcomes required for a service station
development        are:


           076 - Service stations are located ONLY where they are compatible                         with the existing and
           proposed amenity and development                   of a neighbourhood        and where they are appropriate        given
           the existing or likely future traffic movements                in the area; AND


           080 - Buildings, structures, driveways, tanks and fuel bowsers are sited (c) to provide adequate
           separation to adjoining land uses; and (d) not cause an environmental                        nuisance to neighbouring
           properties.


The proposed          Development            is neither     compatible       with   the existing     and proposed     amenity      and
development        of the School and surrounding               neighbourhood        NOR is it appropriate    given the existing or
likely future traffic movements in the area.


Furthermore       the tanks and fuel bowsers are proposed to be sited such that they DO NOT to provide
adequate separation           to the adjoining School AND are likely to cause an environmental                      nuisance to the
School and neighbouring             properties.     The Assessment Manager must, particularly                 in relation   to young
children     and where          scientific     understanding        is yet     incomplete,    take    due   consideration     of   the



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