MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Steve Ellis

The Noosa Plan and associated               planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the current
circumstances         in neighbourhood           of the proposed         Development.     The planning      scheme      may have
envisaged Industrial        development          in the area at one time however           Community      Use, Openspace and
Residential        development      that has been approved          in the area since 2004 when the Noosa Plan was
prepared      makes it an incompatible            use of the land
due      to   community          amenity,   health     and   safety
concerns.


The      subject     Property     is currently     located   in an
Industry      Zone. It contains        no infrastructure     of an
industrial     nature      and     is not   adjoined     by other
Industry Zoned property.           It (Fig. 1) is bounded on two
sides by Eumundi-Noosa             Road and Walter Hay Drive.
The land which immediately              adjoins the Property        is
zoned Community           Uses, occupied by the School to the east and an electrical substation                   to the north.
Immediately         adjoining    the school as you progress along Walter Hay Drive is an oval used for sporting
and recreational        purposes (zoned Open Space Recreational)                and a retirement     village (zoned Residential
Use).


The Noosa Plan is now almost twelve years old and well past the recognised use-by-date                                 for such an
instrument.        A reasonable       assessment      of the site as it currently          stands would     indicate    that   it is
incorrectly    zoned based on the way the site, and the surrounding                    neighbourhood,     has evolved over the
years.


As a maller        of legacy rather than intent the remainder of the former Noosa Shire Council Depot, being
the subject         Lot 30 on SP 170751           (the Property),        continued    to be zoned "Industry".        The Church
purchased the Property from Noosa Shire Council on 20 December 2007. The Property shares a common
boundary with the School Health and Physical Education Centre and Childrens' Swimming Pool,


It is a maller      of public record8that        in 2007 the Church was concerned about the possible development
of the site. The School stated at the time that a prospective                         developer    "... could establish a service
station on the site.. We are somewhat alarmed by the prospect of fuel storage tanks and fuel vapours
being so close".9

There is further        contention!O that there was a verbal agreement                  at the time of the purchase in 2007
between the Church and Noosa Shire Council that the Property                         "".would not be made available to other
commercial enterprises"ll and that the Property would provide a buffer zone between the School
Community          Services Zone and the nearby Industry Zone. The alleged verbal agreement                     struck between
the Noosa Shire Council and the Church "...never envisaged that {the] land would be made available for
a service station" ," The veracity of this agreement is consistent with the demonstrated                             cooperation



• https:/ fwww.gslc.qld .edu,auf news.aspx?article=99
9 ibid

!OCounsellor Frank Pardon quoted in Gardner P, Noosa News, 9 December 2015
11 ibid

" ibid


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