Noosa Medihub - Economic Need Assessment (Mar-26) · MCU25/0119

                                                                     ECONOMIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT
                                                                                      MARCH 2026




•   Despite the existing supply provision in the local area, there is a demonstrated
    undersupply and need for additional supply based on combined resident and visitor
    demand in the area.


Planning Need:
•   The proposal is consistent with the intent to offer health and community facilities within
    the Major Centre precinct.
•   The proposal is also entirely consistent with the following policy intent for the Major
    Centre; “The Noosa Junction major centre is characterised by fine grained built form
    which lends itself to catering for smaller independent local and boutique retail offerings
    as well as smaller office spaces that provide for clusters of health, wellbeing and lifestyle
    sectors.”
•   While there may be some vacant office/retail capacity within the trade area, little to
    none of this capacity offers the same colocation outcome and benefit to the proposal.
    Further, the proposal is intended to provide flexibility and capacity over the longer term
    for Indoor Sport and Recreation businesses.
•   The existing indoor sport and recreation tenancies throughout the local area
    demonstrate that the large majority of tenancy demand and need is for relatively small
    spaces that are less than 400sqm.
•   While the Overall Objective 4a for the Major Centre Zone indicates the intent for retail
    showrooms at the subject site (based on the sub precinct), the ongoing vacant status of
    those tenancies relevant to this proposal demonstrates that there is a demonstrated lack
    of demand and need for these uses onsite, which reduces the employment capacity and
    opportunity onsite.
•   The proposal does however provide positive alignment with the Overall Objective 2h of
    the Noosaville Local Area Plan as it will support employment creation onsite as
    intended.
•   Overall, the subject site is extremely well suited for the proposed uses, which will fulfill
    broad land use intent and objectives for the Major Centre.


Community Need:
•   Indoor Sport and Recreation uses are essential to fulfilling overall health and wellness
    needs of the community. This requires that there is suitable accessibility, availability,
    choice and competition provided across supply within a local area.




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