Response to Information Request

persons per day, which equates to an additional 24 traffic movements per day, around an 80% increase in
traffic in the street. Furthermore, additional traffic would be generated on the half days when a second
practitioner operates, which could further increase traffic movements by 100% of the average vehicle
movements. The additional traffic movements are significant for a quiet cul-de-sac street and therefore
the business is considered not suitable for the proposed location and the application is unlikely to be
supported.

The key and only area of concern about the development appears to be in relation to the traffic
movements generated by the proposed home based business. It is therefore assumed from the
information request made that there are no other areas of potential non-compliance that need to be
addressed.




Figure 1 – Aerial Photograph

Background

The subject land is located within a cul-de-sac as shown in Figure 1. The subject land adjoins 18 Juniper
Court, which contains dwelling that is removed from the roadway. Further, the dwelling at 16 Juniper
Court also has a substantial landscaped setback to Juniper Court, being on a similar alignment with
dwelling located at 14 Juniper Court. It is noted that the landscaped setback for the dwelling at 14
Juniper Court appears to be substantially greater than the setback to Paldao Rise. Further, the dwelling
at 14 Juniper Court fronts Paldao Rise.

While traffic from the proposed development will pass the dwelling at 14 Juniper Court, this dwelling is
currently affected by a significant amount of traffic that would use Paldao Rise, which connects with
Persimmon Drive (refer Figure 1). Consequently, the traffic movements in Paldao Rise and the eastern
portion of Juniper Court would be considerably higher than the traffic passing 16 and 18 Juniper Court.

The traffic movements generated for the proposed home based business are relative to the nature of
the use. The proposed development provides for an Osteopath business, which is by appointment only.




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