Response to Information Request - 9 February 2018

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Information Required
Provide plans including the following:
2. Car parking numbers and locations having regard to operating hours and other site users.

An Overall Site Plan (Drawing No. 160012_A-D-A-01-00_1) is provided with Attachment 1.
This plan shows the availability of carparking throughout the college and provides for 220
spaces, with an additional 2 spaces being provided near the new church towards the north
east.

There is a substantial amount of carparking provided on site which has always been shared
with the existing church use, as is normally the case for religious schools. It is not the case that
the church will operate at the same time as the college, except for school services which occur
on a weekly basis; however, these services are attended by staff and students already in
attendance at the college. The proposed additions will allow for more students to attend the
services at any time. Primarily, the church will be utilised outside of school hours and mostly
on weekends.

Under the Driveways and Carparking Code the applicable carparking rate is 1 space per 10
people able to be seated. This equates to about 24 carparking spaces being required. This is
based on the proposed seating arrangement prepared by the architect having regard to the
type of seat being purchased by the church. On this basis a total of 243 seats can be fitted in
the space provided (433m²). In this case as with most churches located on school grounds,
there is little overlap between school activities and church activities, with the uses being
complimentary community uses that generally operate at different times.

Given the above, it is suggested that there is ample parking available on site for the operation
of the church facilities in association with the College, given the primary church services occur
outside of school hours.

Issue – User numbers and hours of operation
It is unclear as to what numbers of people will be utilising the site for the school and for the
church.
Information required
3. Provide existing and projected student and worshipper numbers and any numbers of other
     potential users of the site (where applicable). Provide times for which the church operates
     independent of school usage.

The proposed church worship area is 433m², which provides for approximately 243 seats as
shown on the Ground Floor Plan (Drawing No. 160012_A-D-A-02-02_4 – Figure 2). The existing
church has an enclosed area of 338m² and currently provides for 216 seats. Consequently, the
nett increase in floor area for the church is about 95m², which provides for an additional 27
seats. Church services occur on the first Sunday of each month when there is a single service
at 9.30 am. Every other week two services are provided at 8.00am and at 9.30pm. There are
additional church services at Easter and Christmas time as would normally be expected.

The church currently has 2 fulltime staff and 1-part time staff member. It is understood that
the number of staff members is not expected to change with the new church facilities. As



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