2021-08-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                       16 AUGUST 2021



      Criteria                  Planning Scheme                 Proposal                      Complies

      Boundary setbacks
       Frontage                6 metres min                    > 6 metres                    
       Side                    3 metres min                    > 6 metres                    

       Side                    3 metres min                    > 6 metres                    

       Rear                    3 metres min                    > 3 metres                    

      Length of wall            30 metres max                   30.850 metres                 X

      Carparking                182 required                    278 proposed                  

Car parking/Vehicle circulation/Impact on local road network
The primary issue associated with the proposal is that the location of the demountable buildings and
relocation of the administration building results in the loss of existing car parking accessed from the
Goodchap Street roundabout and the opportunity for vehicle circulation which this area provides for.
The loss of internal circulation within the site has the potential to result in additional queuing at the
Goodchap Street roundabout and exacerbate the existing impacts on the local road network.
When the application was made the existing carparking on site comprised 226 spaces. The applicant
advises that the proposed carparking now comprises 278 spaces, after addition of the new 153
space staff carpark (MCU18/0097) and proposed removal of the existing 94 space staff carpark and
other minor changes to car parking on the site. The applicant has based this figure on the loss of car
parking that would be associated with development in accordance with its Master Plan.
The applicant maintains that the traffic engineering report submitted with the application
demonstrates that the proposed carparking provision of 278 spaces (which includes 255 college
carks, plus 8 setdown and 15 child care spaces) complies with both Council and TMR requirements
and actual parking demand analysis.
The proposed location of the demountable building does not require the removal of all 94 car parking
spaces, and review of the plans indicates that at least 50 car parking spaces can be retained in this
area. It is recommended that a condition be included requiring the maintenance of these 50 spaces
via the provision of at least 328 car parking spaces. The loss of additional spaces should be
addressed as part of any future applications which seek to develop the site.
When reviewing the proposal Council’s consulting traffic engineer advised:
i.       My previous site inspections have indicated operational issues at the main set-down / pick-up
         area accessed via the Goodchap Street roundabout, with queuing from the set-down / pick-up
         area extending back into the roundabout for extended periods (more than 15 minutes) and this
         impacting negatively on its operation. The Hayes Traffic Engineering (HTE) report of June
         2020 suggests that this no longer occurs, presumably due to management measures
         implemented by the college.
ii.      It is evident from the detailed traffic count and parking information contained in the HTE report
         that there is substantial set-down / pick-up activity that occurs in the existing informal parking
         area that will soon be formalised as staff parking, and in particular that when the main set-
         down / pick-up facility reaches capacity, that the set-down / pick-up activity then transfers
         further down the road to that existing informal area. When the existing informal parking area
         is converted to formal staff parking, that overflow pick-up / set-down activity from the main area
         off the Goodchap St roundabout will then need to be accommodated on other parts of the site.



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