2015-04-28 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     28 APRIL 2015


       i) Economic activities are focused on—
              i Cooroy’s role as the principal business and service centre for the hinterland;
              ii Cooroy’s industrial estate;
              iii technology based businesses reliant on broadband communication;
              iv timber industry initiatives and product manufacturing at the Nandroya Mill
              site;
              v Cooroy’s support role in the locality for surrounding agricultural activities;
              vi extractive and mineral resources;
              vii facilitating artistic and cultural business enterprises; and
              viii agricultural industries and associated rural enterprises;
       j) Business opportunities in Cooroy are enhanced by its access to the Bruce Highway
       and the North Coast Rail line;
       ….
       l) New areas of urban and rural settlement development are precluded from the part
       of the locality within the catchment area of Lake Macdonald where the dominant goal
       is the protection of water quality within the primary water supply source;
       m) The Bruce Highway, Elm Street, Cooroy-Noosa Road, Eumundi Road, parts of
       Myall Street and Diamond Street, Cooroy-Belli Road, Maple Street, Mary River Road,
       Lake Macdonald Drive and Sunrise Road are protected as parts of the Noosa’s major
       road network;
       n) A public transport node is located within Cooroy and links public transport services
       to other centres in Noosa, including railway stations;
       o) The vistas offered from the major road corridors are protected and add to the
       attraction of the locality for visitors and residents;
       p) Environmental and aesthetic values associated with the hillslopes, including iconic
       mountains and the watercourses of Lake Macdonald, Ringtail, Six Mile and Cooroy
       Creeks, are protected;
       q) Water quality standards in the watercourses of this locality are maintained or
       improved through land management practices;
       r) Open space networks across the locality are protected and enhanced including—
       ….
              iii the riparian corridors of Six Mile and Ringtail Creeks and their tributaries;
              and
       s) Areas of native remnant or regrowth vegetation, including their biodiversity and
       habitat values are protected;
       z) For the Rural Zone—rural land is protected and appropriately managed such that
       scenic and environmental values, the distinct rural amenity of the locality and
       agricultural productivity of the locality are preserved and are not adversely impacted
       upon as a consequence of development on or adjacent to that land;


Overall Outcomes 6.8.2 b, d, i & j provide a degree of support for the development insofar as
identifying Cooroy as the primary location for commercial business and services in Noosa’s
hinterland. In particular, 6.8.2(j) highlights that business growth and new opportunities are
likely to arise from Cooroy’s access to the highway.


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