F - Traffic Response and Revised Traffic Impact Assessment (17.09.19)

The Planning Scheme rate for Showrooms is 1 space per 50m², however, some large format
retail attract a higher design parking rate of 1 space per 30m². The Cambray Consulting report
has listed a variety of reasons why a relaxation of Council’s standard parking provisions would
be satisfactory. However, having regard to the potential of some large format retail parking
demands being higher than Council’s showroom standard, a relaxation wouldn’t be
appropriate if all the uses occupying tenancies generate a higher car parking demand,
particularly given the developments format that reflects a shopping centre with a mix of large
format retail and specialty shops.
Furthermore, it is not agreed with the proposition in the parking analysis of the Cambray
Consulting report that cross utilisation of parking spaces (where someone parks on the site
and visits multiple tenancies during the one trip) results in a reduced parking demand. Cross
utilisation results in lower traffic generation demands but not reduced parking demands. While
the customer is visiting one tenancy it is generating a parking demand associated with that
tenancy, and if that customer then visits another tenancy it is generating a parking demand at
that second tenancy. If the customer only visits the first tenancy and then departs the site, the
vehicle is parked on the site for a shorter period of time and does not generate the parking
demand associated with the visit to the second tenancy.
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17.   Undertake a further worst case parking demand assessment, having regard to the above
      discussion and:
            a.    which includes clearly defined uses under The Noosa Plan for each tenancy
                  and at a minimum, identified anchor tenants; and
            b.    any changes to the proposed configuration and format of uses.
Issue – External traffic impacts
The submitted Cambray Consulting report compares the traffic generation of the previous
Masters approval with that of the subject proposal, indicating that the traffic generation of the
Masters approval is greater than that associated with the proposal, such that traffic impact
assessment is not required. However, external traffic conditions may have changed overtime
and the traffic generation of the proposal is governed by the uses that eventuate. Potential
uses, different to those assumed in the Cambray Consulting report, are discussed above, and
could lead to greater traffic generation than the Masters approval. In that regard, if all the
smaller tenancies can be shops and food outlets then a shop / food outlet traffic generation
rate would need to be used for those tenancies, if some of the larger tenancies can be used
for hotel and medical centre uses then higher than showroom traffic generation rates should
be used, and a more representative office traffic generation rate of 3vph/100m² should be
used for the offices.
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18.   Please provide a further worst case traffic generation assessment, having regard to the
      above discussion and:
            a.    including current conditions;
            b.    which include clearly defined uses under The Noosa Plan for each tenancy
                  and at a minimum, anchor tenants identified; and
            c.    any changes to the proposed configuration and format of uses.
Issue – Service vehicles
The traffic report recommends that servicing by HRV’s and AV’s occur outside of peak trading
times due to manoeuvring space requirements. This raises concerns
Some of the swept paths prepared by Cambray Consulting indicate the service vehicle
envelope encroaches across kerblines and parking spaces.



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