RFI - Attachment 4 - Traffic Impact Statement · MCU22/0094

 Stockwell Development Group Pty Ltd                                  SLR Ref No: 620.30735-R01-v1.2 Traffic Impact Statement 2023 03 30-
 Traffic Impact Statement                                                                                                    update.docx
 Noosaville Childcare Centre                                                                                                  March 2023
 Lot 4, Noosa Business Centre




5.1        Planning Scheme Parking Rates Comparison
SLR have undertaken a car parking rate comparison of five (5) south-east Queensland Council’s along with Noosa
Shire for Childcare centres. This comparison is presented at Table 5 below.

Table 5        Childcare Centre Parking Rate Comparison

 SEQ Council                 Yield      Parking Rate                                                                     Provision
 Noosa Shire                            1 space per 2 employees + 3 spaces for every employee space                      30 spaces
 Brisbane City                          1 space per 5 children                                                           20 spaces
 Ipswich City                           1 space per 1 employee + 1 space per 8 children                                  27 spaces
                          96 children
 Logan City                             1 space per 1 employee + 1 space per 10 children                                 25 spaces
                           & 15 staff
 Redland City                           1 space per 1 employee + 1 space per 7 children                                  29 spaces
 Sunshine Coast                         1 space per 1 employee + 1 space per 5 children                                  35 spaces
           -                            Average Provision                                                               27.7 spaces

Out of the five (5) Council’s outside of Noosa Shire, four (4) of these use a Childcare parking rate that equates
to less parking spaces required when applying a yield of 96 children and 15 staff. Across all five (5) Council
jurisdictions, the average car parking provision results in 27.7 spaces, which is also less than what’s proposed
for the subject site.

In addition to the findings discussed above, it is also evident that the NSC parking rate is the only rate that
determines the number of visitor (i.e., drop off/pick up) parking spaces by the number of staff parking spaces.
All other Council planning scheme’s determine visitor parking provision by the number of children able to be
accommodated by each centre.

5.2        Parking Survey Comparison
To ascertain whether the proposal provides sufficient parking to accommodate the likely peak parking demands,
SLR commissioned parking surveys at four (4) existing Childcare centres currently operated by the prospective
tenant. Survey’s were undertaken between 7:00am – 10:00am and 2:30pm – 5:30pm on a typical weekday and
found that at no time did any site reach or exceed the provided off-street parking supply.

The findings of the surveys are summarised in Figure 3 and Figure 4.




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