Property agents and owners to help uphold industrial zoning

Council is asking property owners and real estate agents to help make sure new Noosaville industrial estate businesses comply with the zoning.

“It’s important that we protect this area for industrial functions. Residences, community organisations, commercial and retail business, and most sport and recreational land-use activities, should not operate from industrial premises,” says Council’s Infrastructure and Planning Director Martin Drydale.

Council has written to landlords and real estate agents to ask them to ensure their premises are advertised – and leased – for uses that are consistent with the planning scheme.

Council is putting together a business register to better monitor the businesses opening in the precinct.

Mr Drydale says the Noosaville industrial estate is Noosa’s principal industrial centre and the only industrial area in the coastal part of the Shire.

“The reason for having a town plan is so that we can ensure that various land-use types are appropriately located to best serve the community. Property owners and real estate agents play an important role in helping to uphold the town plan’s integrity,” he said.

“Just as the community would likely object to a factory opening up in a retail precinct such as Noosa Junction, retail shops and professional offices are not appropriate in industry zoned areas.”

Mr Drydale said new and prospective property owners could familiarise themselves with the Noosa Plan by visiting Council’s website at www.noosa.qld.gov.au/view-the-noosa-plan

“This explains the rules that apply to an area zoned as industrial, and the consequences for being in breach.”

Property owners or real estate agents who are unsure or require assistance in determining uses permitted in the Noosaville industrial area are asked to contact Council’s planning section on (07) 5329 6245 for assistance.

The Noosa Plan is available for viewing on Council’s website at www.noosa.qld.gov.au/view-the-noosa-plan

7 May 2015