2018-03-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     6 MARCH 2018


REPORT
1.    PROPOSAL
The proposal seeks approval for an Entertainment and Dining Business – Type 2 Recreation,
Amusement & Fitness (Indoor Swim School) located in an existing vacant industrial tenancy in
the Industry Zone of the Noosaville Locality.
The applicant submits that:
The proposed development includes an internal fit-out of a swim school, including a pool, which
will operate as a boutique swim training experience for children. The swim school will be
designed to accommodate smaller, private classes to ensure that children have individual
attention to enhance the learn-to-swim experience and focussed tuition to ensure they achieve
the learning outcomes.
The applicant originally proposed:
    Trading Hours from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday to Sunday;
    30 minute lessons which run consecutively between 8:00am to 6:30pm;
    Staggering of class start times of a minimum 15 minutes;
    Maximum class sizes of 4 children per instructor (maximum of 8 students on-site at any
      point in time); and
    Maximum of 3 staff on-site consisting of Manager and additional swimming instructors.
The internal fit-out of the proposed swim school will consist of the following items (refer to figure
2):
    The use will encompass a boutique above-ground pool for customers to book in advance;
    Stairs and timber decking surrounding the pool to provide safe access to and from the pool;
    Toilet facilities and change rooms;
    Reception foyer area at the front of the site.
Allocated on-site car parking (4 car spaces + 1 additional space to be provided in front of the
tenancy roller door) will be relied upon both staff and customer parking located within the site.
The applicant submits the tenancy is to include an office, which provides office functionality for
the swim school business only.
During the course of the application, the applicant agreed to modify the student and staff
numbers to better meet on site carparking requirements in accordance with the following:
    Trading Hours from 7:00am to 8:00pm Monday to Sunday;
    Staggering of class start times of a minimum of 15 minutes;
    Maximum of 2 classes of 3 students per class at any one time; and
    Maximum of 2 staff at all times on-site.
Locality and proposal plans are included below.




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