2016-10-11 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

Priorities for Noosa’s economy and employment

Outcome: Noosa’s economy is resilient and supports new priority industry sectors.
  Review and where necessary re-define the opportunities, role and function of activity centres.
 	




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  Be responsive to new technologies, changing market conditions and priority industry sectors identified in the Local Economic Plan.
 	
  Encourage smart, innovative and sustainable business and industry to diversify the economy.
 	




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  Make provision for employment areas, education/ training and housing to meet the needs of the next generation.
 	
  Protect Noosa’s point of difference and ‘Brand Noosa’ from development that would detract from the valued character, amenity and environment such as noxious
 	




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  industries, factory farming and any business that relies on producing large emissions or visually obtrusive and imposing advertising devices.




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Outcome: Entrepreneurs are attracted to Noosa for diverse business and employment opportunities. There is growth in priority industry
sectors. Shared floor space and enterprise precincts create hubs of creativity and support new business needs of the future.




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  Identify and encourage suitable locations for each priority industry sector and facilitate this with appropriate land use controls.
 	
  Encourage business co-location and clustering.
 	
  Encourage and facilitate the start-up of high economic value – low environmental impact uses.
 	
  Identify how the planning scheme can support appropriate new or different business / land use ideas.
 	
  Consider “enterprise precincts” to cater for businesses not suitable for town centres or industrial areas and consider the extent of ancillary retailing for these
 	
  businesses.
  Allow appropriate, sustainable low impact tourism activities.
 	
  Encourage sustainable practices in the operation of new businesses.
 	

Outcome: The New Noosa Plan supports timely and cost effective business establishment. Commercial floor space is available
to quickly accommodate new business ideas.
  Review the levels of assessment and planning provisions required for new businesses to commence quickly in centres where they would reasonably be anticipated,
 	
  this includes quick changes of use where appropriate.
   Allow multiple use of commercial space for small business e.g. Retail, cafe, barber, yoga.
   Review car parking requirements for centre uses such as retail, commercial offices, salons and restaurants.
   Allow uses to extend into the public domain (outdoor dining) where they add to the streetscape and don’t impede safe pedestrian flow.

20 The New Noosa Plan

Priorities for Noosa’s economy and employment

Outcome: Noosa’s economy is resilient and supports new priority industry sectors.
@   Review and where necessary re-define the opportunities, role and function of activity centres.
@   Beresponsive to new technologies, changing market conditions and priority industry sectors identified in the Local Economic Plan.
@   Encourage smart, innovative and sustainable business and industry to diversify the economy.
@   Make provision for employment areas, education/ training and housing to meet the needs of the next generation.
@   Protect Noosa’s point of difference and ‘Brand Noosa’ from development that would detract from the valued character, amenity and environment such as noxious
    industries, factory farming and any business that relies on producing large emissions or visually obtrusive and imposing advertising devices.
Outcome: Entrepreneurs are attracted to Noosa for diverse business and employment opportunities. There is growth in priority industry
sectors. Shared floor space and enterprise precincts create hubs of creativity and support new business needs of the future.
@   ldentify and encourage suitable locations for each priority industry sector and facilitate this with appropriate land use controls.
@   Encourage business co-location and clustering.
@   Encourage and facilitate the start-up of high economic value — low environmental impact uses.
@   Identify how the planning scheme can support appropriate new or different business / land use ideas.
©   Consider “enterprise precincts” to cater for businesses not suitable for town centres or industrial areas and consider the extent of ancillary retailing for these
    businesses.
@   Allow appropriate, sustainable low impact tourism activities.
@   Encourage sustainable practices in the operation of new businesses.
Outcome: The New Noosa Plan supports timely and cost effective business establishment. Commercial floor space is available
to quickly accommodate new business ideas.
@   Review the levels of assessment and planning provisions required for new businesses to commence quickly in centres where they would reasonably be anticipated,
    this includes quick changes of use where appropriate.
@   Allow multiple use of commercial space for small business e.g. Retail, cafe, barber, yoga.
@   Review car parking requirements for centre uses such as retail, commercial offices, salons and restaurants.
@   Allow uses to extend into the public domain (outdoor dining) where they add to the streetscape and don't impede safe pedestrian flow.
20   The New Noosa Plan