2016-04-19 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     19 APRIL 2016


The assessment of traffic issues for this application finds:
 Primary traffic congestion issues in the area at peak school times are observed at the school
   entrance off the Goodchap Street roundabout 100m to the north of the site, with the location
   of the development access unlikely to have significant impacts on traffic flow.
 The traffic generation of the development is commensurate with development expected on
   the site under The Noosa Plan’s provisions.
 The driveway location provides the maximum available buffer distance from the Walter Hay
   Drive roundabout and the left-in, left-out arrangement is appropriate to minimise traffic
   impacts.
 The long driveway entrance of approximately 50m provides sufficient vehicle queuing
   distance to avoid offsite traffic conflicts resulting from customer fuelling or bulk refuelling
   trucks.
 Refuelling times could be conditioned outside of peak school traffic times.
As such, the development is not considered to raise unacceptable traffic impacts.
3.5. Noosa Plan Amendments
Draft amendments to The Noosa Plan are being considered by the State and are expected to
take effect later this year. The amendments have been reviewed and do not alter this
assessment in any significant ways.
4.    CONSULTATION
4.1. IDAS Referral Agencies
The application was referred to the following IDAS Referral Agencies:
Advice Agency - ENERGEX
ENERGEX is an advice agency for application due to the site’s proximity to the neighbouring
electrical substation. It provide its Advice Agency response by letter dated 17 December 2015
requesting Council apply conditions to any approval requiring a survey of the 33kV power line
that traverses the northern corner of the site and the creation of an electrical easement for the
line.
4.2. Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council specialists:
    Senior Environmental Health Officer
    Environmental Health Coordinator
    Development Engineer
    Coordinator Waste
4.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 business days between 30 November to 18
December 2015 in accordance with the Sustainable Planning Act 2009. 357 properly made and
4 not properly made submissions were received. Two properly made submissions attached
petitions including a total of 151 signatures. All submissions object to the development and the
vast majority came from parents, students and the broader school community. The public
response represents a significant reaction by the school community, given the total current
students at the school is around 750. A submission was also received from the Noosa Parks
Association. The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by
submitters.



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