Attachment F - Carparking Evaluation -Noosa Carparking Study - McGagney report

                                                                                                          Noosa Council
                                                                                     Noosa Car Parking Study 2017 - 2032
                                                                                                            Final Report


B.2: Growth in Visitor Parking Demand
Noosa also attracts daily and overnight tourists, primarily from nearby regions. Noosa region experienced 1.1
million daily visitors and 1.045 million overnight visitors in the year ending March 2017 (Tourism Noosa, 2017)
(of which 51% were intrastate domestic visitors, 34% were interstate domestic visitors and 16% were
international visitors). The Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay region, two nearby regions to the south of Noosa,
are expected to experience an increase in resident population of approximately 229,000 or 30% between 2017
and 2031, which will result in an increase in daily and overnight tourist trips, and associated parking demand, to
the region (ShapingSEQ, 2017). Key centres in Noosa Shire, such as Hastings Street, Peregian Beach and Sunshine
Beach are expected to experience a significant increase in daily and overnight tourist trips, and associated visitor
parking demand.


B.3: Future Development Capacity
An assessment of development capacity was prepared by Planning Insights around the development capacity
of each of the key centres in the region, based on and estimate of existing GFA for different zone classifications,
and estimated capacity under the Noosa Plan 2006. A summary of the outcomes of this assessment is shown in
Table B-2:

Table B-2: Development Capacity in Key Noosa Centres
                                                 Estimated Current GFA                   Estimated GFA Capacity
   Location         Classification
                                           Low           High        Average       Low           High         Average
  Cooran       Village Mix                   3,500          4,000          3,750     4,000           5,500          4,750
  Cooroy       Business Centre              21,000         23,000         22,000    45,000         47,000          46,000
  Noosa
               Business Centre              43,000         45,000         44,000    53,000         55,000          54,000
  Junction
  Hastings
               Visitor Mixed Use            11,000         13,000         12,000    13,000         15,000          14,000
  Street
  Noosaville   Business Centre              35,000         37,000         36,000    44,000         46,000          45,000
               Neighbourhood Centre          4,000          4,500          4,250     3,800           3,800          3,800
  Peregian
               Visitor Mixed Use             1,200          1,600          1,400         800            800          800
  Beach
                                   TOTAL     5,200          6,100          5,650     4,600          4,600           4,600
  Pomona       Village Mix                  11,000         13,500         12,250    25,000         30,000          27,500
  Sunshine
               Visitor Mixed Use             4,000          4,500          4,250     4,500           5,007          4,754
  Beach
                                                                                                   25,000
  Tewantin     Business Centre              18,500         20,000         19,250    22,000                          23,50

                                   TOTAL   152,200       166,100         164,800   215,100        233,107         228,704


As the method of estimating current and potential GFA gave a range only, the average of current GFA and GFA
capacity has been taken to determine additional development potential. Development potential relative to
existing development GFA within centres and between centres is shown in Table B-3: