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              b) The safety of pedestrians and cyclists is protected
              c) Development reduces the reliance on private vehicles and promotes public and non-
              motorised transport options;
              f) Development does not adversely impact on existing public parking

78.   The DA does not achieve the above overall outcomes based on the following:

      (a)     A significant proportion of pedestrians and cyclists will be GSLC students and
              young families. A driveway being utilised by cars and heavy vehicles, particularly
              at peak hours when students are entering or exiting the school, poses an
              increased risk to their safety.

      (b)     More private vehicles are likely to enter the site for commercial purposes (re-
              fuelling and retail reasons). Also, the DA is more likely to dissuade pedestrians
              and cyclists from commuting to school due to the increased local vehicular
              traffic and associated safety risks.

      (c)     Currently the site is utilised by scores of vehicles to park, particularly at school
              drop-off and pick-up times. These excess vehicles will be highly likely to
              contribute to further local congestion at the Goodchap Street roundabout as
              outlined above, whilst some vehicles may use the service station grounds as an
              ad-hoc drop-off or pick-up point for students, which is also an undesirable
              outcome.


            Specific outcomes - Driveways and Carparking Code

79.   The DA does not achieve the specific outcomes relating to Driveways and Carparking
      & Manoeuvring for the Driveways and Carparking Code (section 14.112), as set out in
      the Tables below.


            Table 14-49 – Driveways

Specific Outcomes       Applicant’s           Submitter’s Response
                        Response
01                      S1.1- S1.3 Complies   Non-compliant
Vehicular access        Vehicle access is     Instances of vehicle versus pedestrian and vehicle
does not adversely      considered to be      versus cyclist collisions will be increased, particularly at
impact on safety,       compliant with the    peak drop-off and pick-up times.
capacity and            relevant
operations of the       requirements. The     The proposed pedestrian pathway diversion directly
existing or planned     development will      from Walter Hay Drive to the site and shop will also
road network, the       comply where          encourage children, particularly GSLC students, on to
proposed driveway,      applicable.           the site, increasing their exposure to a more
cycleways or                                  concentrated area of moving standard and heavy
pedestrian pathway                            vehicles
systems

            Table 14-50- Car parking and manoeuvring

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