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opportunities for about 70 full-time, part-time and casual ongoing jobs when the centre is
trading”. The provision of new jobs will enhance employment opportunities for locals which
are currently in locations outside the community, providing savings in travel time and
costs, and contributing to the local economy.

4.3.4 Escape Spending

An estimated $10.5 million in food grocery and other convenience spending currently
escapes from Peregian Beach will be recaptured when the proposed centre is trading,
thereby contributing to the Peregian Beach economy.

43.5 Other Benefits

e The proposed development aligns with the overall outcomes sought in the Noosa
Plan for the Peregian Beach locality include “a wide range of local Retail,
Commercial and Entertainment and Dining Uses within the neighbourhood centre
to serve the immediate needs of residents and visitors of the locality’. The
proposed development will provide a key element of this objective which is
currently not fulfilled through the provision of a local supermarket to serve the
immediate needs of residents and visitors.

e The proposal is compatible with surrounding land uses. The proposed centre is
located within an easy 200 metre walk from the heart of Peregian Beach with the
only supermarket in Peregian Beach the centre is expected to act as an extension
of the Neighbourhood Village Centre.

e The development will rehabilitate the site into an economic and employment
generating use that will be of benefit to residents and visitors; currently the site is
derelict and has been so since the Bowls club went into receivership in 2010. It
currently adds little value to the visual amenity and function of Peregian Beach.

« The Eastern Beaches Locality (Peregian, Marcus and Castaways Beach) lacks a
local supermarket to support the daily and weekly food and grocery needs of
residents and visitors.

4.4 Conclusions

Although small in scale, the proposed development will generate beneficial impacts which
include:

? Based upon an average of one worker per 26m? of neighbourhood shopping centre space. The
net increase in employment when the centre is trading will be less than this figure because some
employment will effectively be transferred from existing retailers.

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