MCU12/0012 Notice of submission Layla Fowler (signed original)

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           Conclusion
           This is a rural residential area and the proposed material change of use will set a precedence for business and
           the community to classify this area as disruptive, unsafe and mostly suitable for risf’< taking enterprises.


           Tablelands Road is part of the Noosa Trail and it already facilitates tourism in more sustainable, eco friendly,
           low noise and unobtrusive ways. The approval of a Quad Bike Tour business will be a major draw back on this
           aspect of tourism and will wipe out more sustainable types of tourism since quad bikes and bush walking don’t
           go hand in hand. Neither does an ecological biosphere reserve or lowland subtropical rainforest go hand in
           hand with quad bike tours. It is not unreasonable to assume that the usual use of quad bikes in that kind of
           environment is not to tour but to go hooning. We believe that the applicant’s actual intended business purpose
           will mean that no one will want to go walking, picnicking and using or enjoying the park in         because of
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           the noise, disruption and danger.   Everyone else will be pushed out just for the applicant to make money from
           the use of the national park, the park which is for the use of all the community


           The approval of such an application is a serious concern and it will mean that the Regional Council will
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           affect the demographic and environmental landscape of this area for many years. There is also no
           commitment by the applicant to never sell the business, nor can the applicant guarantee that if he sells the
           business that the next owner will attempt to accept the rules and regulations and maximum number of tours
           that the applicant says he will adhere to in this application.


           The approval of the Material Change of Use will very adversely affect the quality of life for those who have
           made their home here and is likely to dramatically reduce the value of homes in the street, destroy the lifestyle
           of people who have come to this area for the peace and quiet and to live near a national park. It will bring a
           change to the type of people who wish to live here, changing, what for many is a desirable place to live, to one
           to be avoided for the sake of one man’s business.


           This development application for a MCU, its omissions and errors, cause serious concern by the residents, the
           Hinterland community and environmental bodies.


           The application is not suitable for approval for a MCU Business Class 3 nor has it been properly made to
           warrant consideration for such purposes.


           I have made this detailed submission as a genuine concerned resident, a member of the wider community and
           a constituent of the         Regional Council.

           Your Sincerely,




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           Layla Fowler
           15th March 2012