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 meeting tonight.
In a report to councillors, council officers recommended the approval of the application that would see two light industrial buildings built next to the boundary shared by the Majestic Theatre, Pomona.
The report states that concerns were raised about noise from industrial buildings given that the Majestic Theatre is a silent theatre.
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.
The two buildings are expected to house “small-scale service-type industries” and councillors are expected to approve the building application at Thursday’s meeting at Cooran Hall.
The proposed development of the Cooroy Myall Street service station has also been held over to the meeting on 7 May, with councillors disagreeing with the council officers’ recommendation to refuse the application.
In a report to the Planning and Organisation Committee meeting on 28 April, council staff recommended that 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 that 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 concludes that 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 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.
