By JOLENE OGLE
AN application to build two industrial sheds next to a heritage-listed silent theatre looks likely to be given the green light at Noosa Council’s ordinary meeting on Thursday 7 May.
In a report to the council, staff recommended approval of an application that would see two light industrial buildings built next to the Majestic Theatre, Pomona.
The report states concerns were raised about the amount of noise the industrial buildings may emit, given the Majestic Theatre is a silent theatre, but one of the conditions of the building approval includes an acoustic report to be submitted by the applicants to the council before works can begin.
During discussions at the general committee meeting, meeting chairwoman councillor Sandy Bolton praised council staff for working with the applicant and other involved parties to help reach an agreement in regards to the proposal.
The two buildings are expected to house “small-scale service-type industries” and the council is expected to approve the building application at Thursday’s ordinary meeting, at the Cooran Hall.
The proposed development of the Cooroy Myall Street service station has also been held over to the ordinary meeting on 7 May, with the council disagreeing with the report’s recommendation to refuse the application.
Currently, in a report to the Planning and Organisation Committee meeting on 28 April, council staff have recommended the council refuse the developer’s application for a material change of use from rural and water catchment to mixed-use development, citing a number of “significant conflicts with the Noosa Plan” as the reason for refusal.
The report also states the development – which would include a fast-food restaurant, convenience store, tourist park, self-storage facility and car wash – would disperse and fragment the Cooroy Business Centre and compound existing traffic problems.
The report to the council concludes the application for a mixed-use development on rural zoned land within Noosa’s water supply catchment area “raises complex planning issues”.
In the general committee meeting on Monday 4 May, councillors were divided on the issue and decided to hold the decision over to the ordinary meeting to allow time to discuss the application with the applicant.
The ordinary meeting will be held at the Cooran Hall on Thursday 7 May, from 6pm.
