Re-lodged application MCU16/0121

         o   Creating street interest on weekends with the town, near the main entrance gateway.
         o   Cooroy township is a busy, authentic rural township serving a wide rural catchment
             and also providing higher level serviCes to other small rural !ov-ms(Pomona, Kin Kin,
             Kenilworth, Eumundi). The consolidation of retail offerings adds to the retail
             attractiveness of the town. Many of the locals come to town on a Saturday moming,
             catching up with frieds and neighbours at the many coffee shops. The number of
             fashion that manage to exist and thrive in Cooroy, together with the continuation of
             many services such as the Honda shop, local mower and bike services etc indicates
             that Cooroy is a healthy rural town centre.

     Any new business that underpins this retail attraction is of value to the local community.

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     Environmental    Impact

     The van requires no building, plumbing or operational works.

     All rubbish is removed from the site at the end of trading.

     The only possible impact is that the use will attract passing cars to park on this side of the
     road, in the vicinity of the Post Office and RSL. However, the Post Office is not operating
     when the van is open for business, and the RSL is not busy until later in the day when the
     van has left the site. Most custom comes from people who are shopping it town for other
     goods. Therefore, the small amount of parking attracted by the business would mostly have
     resulted from traffic in the town for other purposes.

     Summary

     The proposed use provides activity and interest in a vacant gap in the main street and core
     business area of Cooroy. It is of a temporary, removable and very minor nature. It has
     negligible environmental impacts. While there is a perception that its retail offerings may
     overlap with the existing IGA, a vital business to the town, this is not actually factual as the
     van deals with high end fresh fish and seafood sales, which is all Australian and locally
     sourced, not usually available at the IGA.




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