*Properly made submission (object) Colin Burton MCU13/0092

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         It’s time to fight for our village.

         The appeal of Peregian Beach is the perfect sandwich; our bustling village square in the centre with a
         glorious beach on one side and public recreation land on the other.
         That land zoned for public recreation use the old bowls club site, is now under threat by developers
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         who want to change the zoning, make a windfall profit and destroy our village balance forever.


             1.   It would remove scarce and much-needed public recreation land at a time when our community,
                  young and old, are crying out for more of this space. A strong community demand for this public land
                  usage has been expressed by local sporting groups, and this future demand is supported by
                  Peregian’s growing younger demographic. The zoning for community recreation space MUST be
                  retained.


             2.   This commercial sprawl would drain dollars away from the businesses in the square and away
                  from the village itself. Spurious claims have been made about the economic benefits of the
                  application. In fact local businesses hold strong concerns that a fragmented retail and commercial
                  strip will have a severely negative impact on local companies.

             3.   It would create a busy, dangerous traffic choke point into Rufous street, next to our kindergarten,
                  veggie village, tennis courts, oval and community house. That’s why our community groups don’t want
                  it.


             4.    It would destroy the carefully planned, approachable, human scale of our village in a long-term
                  erosion of what makes Peregian Beach attractive, popular and prosperous. That’s why the town does
                  not want it.




         IT IS VITAL THAT WE WRITE INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS
         TO HELP PROTECT OUR VILLAGE, OUR LIFESTYLE AND OUR TOWN PLAN.


         Use the basic points above, or your own reasons, to write a short submission
         A copy of the standard submission registration form and additional information worth considering
         Is available on the PEREGIAN BEACH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION website


         http://www.peregianbeachcommunityassociation.org/communitY/rufous-st-developmentJ


         Stories about the Bowls Club history & the community driven actions to support sports & recreation on this site
         can be sourced at    http://www.inperegianbeach.com/talk-of-the-town-bloq/
         To stay in touch with local knowledge in Peregian Beach you can also connect on the Peregian Beach Village
         facebook page, which is hosted by Peregian Beach Sports & Recreation Secretary Sharyn Kerrigan.
         This can provide a social transparent way to connect to the larger community, ask questions, address requests,
         volunteer & make comments about the local issues in real time.


         Please feel free to distribute this to neighbours, friends, family, school children, interstate grand
         parents, holiday makers, seasonal nomads, house guests, and tourist who enjoy the unique character
         of Peregian Beach    and want to help save it.
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         The attached white sheet is an Objection Submission template you can use /add additional points /address &
         sign if you support retaining open space recreation on this site and agree with the planning references made.

            a message from the combined          community business and sporting groups of Peregian Beach

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PLANNING ISSUES TO CONSIDER WHEN WRITING YOUR SUBMISSION                                                                          ’\

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION: MCU13/0092


This Application does not meet the Noosa Plan 2006 requirements for Open Space Recreation.
The Noosa Plan followed community consultation.


Peregian Beach now
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    Peregian Beach is a village and deliberately does not have a large-scale supermarket, schools, churches or highrise or
hotel accommodation.
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    Describe what it is about the Peregian Beach Village that appeals to you    -
                                                                                    and makes it unique.
Peregian Beach’s ’alleged’ need for a limited service supermarket
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    Do we need another supermarket? Peregian Beach residents have sufficient access with Coles at Peregian Springs,
Coles and Woolworths at Coolum Beach and Coles and IGA at Noosa Junction and another supermarket approved for
the Essence development on the former caravan park? The smaller local stores meet day-to-day needs.
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    As most people will drive to a supermarket, what extra convenience does a supermarket on the Bowls Club site
offer?
PLANNING ISSUES       -
                          The Noosa Planning Scheme 2006
Open space network
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    If the Bowls Club site is lost to a supermarket, there is no alternative public or private land available to replace it for
recreation.
Second neighbourhood centre
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 Peregian Beach has a compact village centre. This Application, if approved, would create two centres with the second
economically and socially detrimental to the existing village.
Pedestrian connection to the Peregian Village Square
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 Pedestrian connection is neither short nor readily accessible over 350 m via the pathway next to the Peregian
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Beach Hotel and 550 m via Woodland Drive and David Low Way.
Pedestrian access through the Council-owned PB Community House car park
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    The Peregian Beach Community House car park will be appropriated by the Developer for a private commercial use
and the community will be deprived of access. The plans submitted suggest this is the longer-term intention.
ECONOMIC ISSUES
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    This Application simply proposes to transfer retail spending from the PB Village and other supermarkets in the area
to the proposed new supermarket. This will be to the detriment of existing Peregian Beach Village businesses.

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    There is no suggestion of creating additional retail spending in Peregian Beach.
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    There is no economic benefit in simply moving retail spending from one part of the area to another.


ENVIRONMENT ISSUES

Amenity
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    There will be a significant impact on residents of Cormorant, Tern, Gannet Streets and Woodland Drive and the users
of Rufous Street and Veggie Village, the tennis courts, Di Hurst Oval, the Kindergarten, the Co-op and the PB

Community House if this application is approved. General noise, increased traffic movements and resident access
difficulties, deliveries out of hours, increased lighting (and security lighting) and potential nuisance impact will all
negatively affect the amenity of local residents and users of these facilities.
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    The development is adjacent to the Peregian Beach Community House where mindful activities such as meditation,
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yoga, Pilates, first aid classes, etc. take place.


ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC ISSUES
Access and parking
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    Traffic conflict at the Rufous Street entrance to the site will be inevitable between service and delivery vehicles,
private customer vehicles and pedestrians.
Safety concerns
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    The increased volumes of traffic on Rufous Street, Woodland Drive, David Low Way and other surrounding streets
will increaserisk to pedestrians and children including at the kindergarten and students accessing school buses at
David Low Way bus stops.
External Road Improvements
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    The Woodland Drive and David Low Way intersection will suffer greatly increased traffic congestion and safety issues
will be a major problem.

Drainage
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 There is a real risk of run-off from the site and Rufous Street containing chemical spills, industrial strength chemical
cleaning products, petrol and oils from the car park, creating health and safety issues for the gardeners using the
natural fresh water spring for their garden plots in the Veggie Village Community Gardens.