Development Assessment Report · MCU15/0122

KHA DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS – 15180                                                                December 2015



 Overall Outcomes                                      Comment
 j)    Business centres are significant employment     Complies: While the development is not located
       nodes and are serviced by public transport;     within an existing business centre, nor will result in
                                                       a new business centre, the proposed development
                                                       will increase employment opportunities within
                                                       Noosaville and the surrounding area. The medical
                                                       centre is expected to provide jobs for some 70 to
                                                       80 practitioners and support staff. The site has
                                                       good access to public transport infrastructure
                                                       being within proximity to a number of existing bus
                                                       stops located along Goodchap Street including one
                                                       located at the frontage of the site.
 k) A public open space corridor extends along         Not applicable: The subject site is not located
    the foreshores of the Noosa River from             within proximity to the Noosa River foreshore.
    Munna Point to Hilton Esplanade;
 l) Areas of native remnant or regrowth                Not applicable: The site does not contain any
    vegetation, including their biodiversity and       native remnant or regrowth vegetation.
    habitat values are protected and retained in
    their natural state;
 m) The environmental and aesthetic values of          Complies: The proposal does not adjoin any of
    Noosa National Park, Keyser Island and             the mentioned conservations areas and will not
    Weyba Creek Conservation Parks; Noosa              negatively impact the environmental and aesthetic
    River and its foreshore; Lakes Doonella and        values of any of the mentioned conservation
    Weyba; Eenie and Weyba Creeks and their            areas. A stormwater Management Plan has been
    associated riparian communities are of the         prepared for the development to ensure all
    highest significance and have the highest          required water quality objectives are met.
    order of protection;
 n) Gibson Road, part of Mary Street, Noosa            Not applicable: The subject site does not have
    Parade, Reef Street, Weyba Road, Walter Hay        frontage to any of the mentioned roads.
    Drive, Eenie Creek Road, Beckmans Road and
    Eumundi-Noosa Road are protected as parts
    of the Noosa’s major road network;
 o) The function, safety and visual amenity of the     Complies: The development will not impact the
    Noosa’s major road network are protected;          function, safety or visual amenity of Noosa’s major
                                                       road network.
 p)    The Noosa Airport off Weyba Drive,              Complies: The proposed development will not
       Noosaville is retained and operated as the      affect Noosa Airport.
       only commercial airport within Noosa;

7.6 ZONING

The site is included within the Detached Housing Zone.

An assessment of the overall outcomes of the Detached Housing Zone is provided below:

 Overall Outcomes                                      Comment
 Single   detached    housing    prevails   which      Complies: The prevalent form of development
 maintains—                                            within the surrounding area will remain as
 a) low rise, low density development form;            detached housing. The proposed development is
                                                       to accommodate the relocation of an existing
                                                       medical practice located within the Noosa
                                                       Professional Centre to the south of the subject site
                                                       which has outgrown its current premises. The
                                                       attached Economic Needs Analysis found that
                                                       there are no other nearby sites of a suitable size
                                                       and location that can accommodate the proposed

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Material Change of Use for Medical Centre and Café
52-58 Goodchap Street & 3-7 Val Crescent, Noosaville