MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Nadine Love

Having only one manned crossing on the northern side of the school and no manned crossing
on the southern side of the school leaves students walking or riding to school in a very perilous
and dangerous position. No safety measures have been proposed to ensure the well being of
students and families travelling to the school.


Young children crossing busy roads, parking lots, internal roads and walking across the existing
lots where the proposed development is to take place, have their minds on their music bags,
sports bags, library bags, school bags, their friends and the expectations             of the day ahead or
the day completed.     It is fair to say that they can be scattered, unfocused, tired, excited, chatty or
dreamy      as they wander    around   the familiar   and hereto safe areas within and around           their
school.


It is of grave concern to add increased traffic to the area, which is already bursting at the seams
with the vehicles of parents or staff all of whom have a vested interest in keeping the children
safe. It is fair to say that members of the public using the proposed service station would not
necessarily have such awareness, or vested interest. In fact small children are hard to see for
those people driving large vehicles, articulated trucks, utilities and so forth. Trucks and tankers
will have extreme difficulty entering and exiting the service station given the configuration          of the
roadway causing more congestion and further traffic delays in the area.


The parking area where school busses drop of students in the morning for the start of school
and pick up students at 3pm is adjacent to the proposed development. Students are unattended
as they are dropped of and collected. This makes students vulnerable to risks of interference,
abduction and temptation to purchase food and drink from the service station.


The increased traffic in the area due to the proposed development would pose an increased risk
of accidents and injury in a location that is already over congested at peak times.


The proposed Development    is in conflict with the planning scheme as set out in table 14-
15 of the Noosa Plan and therefore should be rejected as there are there are no sufficient
favourable   public interest grounds   to justify the decision,              despite the conflict.   The
proposed service station is to be located in an area where                 it is incompatible   with the
existing   and proposed     amenity  and development     of a              neighbourhood      and it is
inappropriate     given the existing   or likely future traffic   movements       in the area.

Inappropriate     Zoning

Statutory Guideline 05/09 identifies        certain   'grounds'   that the Assessment        Manager    may
consider including, but not limited to:
   a.     whether the relevant instrument     is out of date due to its age or changing circumstances
          in the area and the proposal reflects or responds to these changed circumstances;
   b.     The relevant instrument is incorrect in terms of its substance or underlying assumptions
          for the circumstances of the particular proposal

The Noosa Plan and associated          planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the
current circumstances      in neighbourhood    of the proposed     Development.     The planning scheme
may have envisaged Industrial development in the area at one time however Community Use,
Openspace and Residential development that has been approved in the area since 2004 when




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