2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

18.3.4            Oak Street Cooroy
The State Government owns a total of 8 vacant house sites in Oak Street Cooroy, configured in two
clusters of 4 adjoining lots as indicated in Figure 36 State Land in Oak Street, CooroyFigure 36
below. It is understood they are the subject of a native title claim which may still take some time to
be resolved. However it is suggested that the eventual development of 8 low density detached
houses may be a missed an opportunity and that given each of the two clusters represent over
4,000m2, they could deliver a mix of social or affordable attached housing within close proximity of
the town centre, medical facilities and high school.
Council could proactively advocate for such an outcome and potenially propose a rezoning to
Community Facilities, with an annotation for appropriate housing outcomes.
Figure 36 State Land in Oak Street, Cooroy




18.3.5            Goodchap Street, Noosaville
Goodchap Street Noosaville contains a mix of employment uses including the Noosa Hospital,
residential aged care, child care centres, medical and professional offices and at the southern end
the Good Shepherd Lutheran College. It’s also located close to the industrial estate and to
community facilities at Wallace Estate.
The road forms part of the major road network and carries an increasing amount of traffic between
Eumundi Noosa Road and Tewantin. Bus services and pathway networks are good.
There are some 23 low density (detached) house blocks highlighted on Figure 37 below which are
worth considering for medium density residential. Houses are a mix of owner occupied and rented
low set homes generally dating from the late 70’s to the early 90’s. Four of these are public housing
owned and managed by the State.
Noosa and Sunshine Coast Regional Council have in the past considered both attached housing
and further medical / allied health facilities along this strip. The designation of the Mary Street Health
and Wellbeing Precinct may have taken some of the pressure off for medical uses. Also the capacity


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