SL13_Information Request_1

 Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 - subsection 31(1) of the
  Disability Discrimination Act 1992;
 AS1428.1 –Design for Access and Mobility; and
 AS2890.6 –Parking Facilities, Part 6: Off-street parking for people with disabilities.

In addition to the disability standards cited above, the applicant is advised that other
standards applicable to designing taxi facilities include AS2980.5 –Parking facilities, Part 5:
On-street parking and AS1742.11 –Manual of uniform traffic control devices as well as the
Taxi Rank Design Specification April 2012 (Australian Taxi Industry Association).

Educational Use
The applicant has applied for a material change of use for mixed use development that
includes ‘Education –‘ Education Type 3 Adult’  . The submitted proposal plans and town
planning report do not clarify the intended nature of this use. The applicant is therefore
requested to clarify what type of Education use is proposed and its gross floor area,
anticipated student population and location within in the mixed use redevelopment proposal.



Pursuant to section 278 of the SPA, the applicant must respond to this information request
by giving the requesting authority (the department) –
(a)     All of the information requested; or
(b)     Part of the information requested together with a written notice asking the requesting
        authority to proceed with the assessment of the application; or
(c)     A written notice –
        (i)      Stating that the applicant does not intend to supply any of the information
                 requested; and
        (ii)     Asking the requesting authority to proceed with the assessment of the
                 application.

A pro forma is attached to this correspondence to assist you in providing an information
request response which complies with the requirements of the SPA.

The application will be assessed on the basis of the information provided. It is therefore in
the applicant’s best interests to address all of the information requested by the department.

As the requesting authority is a concurrence agency, the applicant must also give a copy of
the information request response to the assessment manager under section 278(2) of the
SPA.

Please be advised that pursuant to section 276(3) of the SPA the application will lapse
unless the applicant gives the department a response under section 278 of the SPA.




                                                                                        Page 3 of 4