Appendix D. Traffic Report

                                                                        Proposed Service Station, 175 Eumundi Noosa Road, Noosaville




As illustrated on the proposed site plan provided in Appendix A of this report, the proposed service station will
provide 10 car parking spaces, which is 2 spaces less than the car parking requirements of the Noosa Shire
Council Planning Scheme.

This minor reduction is considered acceptable given the Council policy does not account for linked trips
(customers who will be buying fuel and using the shop). The Queensland Department of Transport and Main
Roads4 design guide states that up to 30% of patrons to service stations with convenience stores stop only to
shop and up to 20% stop for refueling and goods.

A conservative allowance of 15% has been made to the total parking demand, which also accounts for customers
who will be parked at a fuel pump. Table 3-3 below illustrates the results of temporal demand analysis, with the
“demand - individual“ row representing the total parking requirement and the “demand - linked” row the total
demand once this 15% discount is incorporated.

This suggests the requirement of 12 car parking spaces is excessive, considering the times at which the two land
uses experience their peak demand. Accounting for customers parking at fuel pumps (spaces not counted
towards the provision), a supply of 10 car parking spaces would be sufficient for the development.

The architectural layout (Appendix A) indicates there are three spaces located against the loading zone. While
two of the spaces would be used by staff, noting that up to 30% of patrons are stopping just to shop, suggests
the demand for 7 spaces for the ‘shop’ land use, as stated in Council’s policy, is conservative (high side) for a
convenience store which is part of the service station. On this basis, provision of only 3 spaces for the shop use
is expected to satisfy the demand of patrons who only use the shop. This would reduce the Council policy
requirement to 8 spaces, meaning adequate parking is provided without consideration of the car park spaces
located within the vicinity of the loading zone.

Table 3-3: Temporal Parking Demand Analysis

                                                              Monday - Friday                             Saturday
                       Noosa Code
      Use      Units                      Time
                       Requirement
                                                      9am       1pm       4pm      6pm        9am       1pm       4pm       6pm

                                        Utilisation   80%       50%       80%      100%       50%       80%       50%       30%
    Service
                 -            5
    Station
                                         Demand        4          3         4        5         3         4          3         2

                                        Utilisation   70%      100%       50%      30%        70%       80%       50%       30%
              123m2
     Shop                     9
               GFA
                                         Demand        6          9         5        3         6         7          5         3

                                        Demand -
                                                       10        12         9        8         9         11         8         5
                                        Individual
                  Total
                                        Demand -
                                                       9         10         8        7         8         9          7         4
                                         Linked




4
    “Road Planning and Design Manual 2003: Chapter 3”, Department of Main Roads.




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