2020-11-10 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    10 NOVEMBER 2020




                      Figure 15: Area subject to 600mm front setback variation (blue)

Car Parking
The following table details the approved and proposed car parking associated with the RAC and
the total required for all uses throughout the site.
 Use                       Existing approval          Proposed                Planning       Complies
                                                                              Scheme         (Current
                                                                              (2006)         proposal)
 RAC                       Staff: 38                  Staff: 28               26 spaces          
 currently 96 beds         Visitor: 10                Visitor: 22
 proposing 102 beds        Emergency vehicle: 1       Emergency vehicle:
                           Service vehicle: 1         1
                           Total: 50 spaces           Service vehicle: 1
                                                      Total: 52 spaces
 TOTAL REQUIRED                      288                       290                 179           
 FOR ALL USES

When the original application was assessed the planning scheme had a different method of
assessing the required number of car spaces for residential aged care. The number of car spaces
required was based on 1 space per 2 employees based on the maximum number of employees
engaged at any one time and 1 space per 5 beds or occupants of the premises and resulted in a
requirement for 29 car spaces for the RAC facility.
The proposed 52 spaces, inclusive of 2 spaces for emergency and service vehicles, exceeds the
amount required by the Noosa Plan at the time of the original approval and is almost double the
amount required by the current planning scheme (Noosa Plan 2020).
It is noted that recent development approvals for aged care facilities have provided car parking
rates higher than required by the Noosa Plan. Specifically, Noosacare (Carramar) provided car
parking at a rate of 1 space per 1.1 beds and Arcare provided car parking at rate of 1 space per
1.69 beds. The rate provided by Noosacare was considerably higher as administrative functions
for numerous Noosacare facilities operate from the site thereby increasing the staff parking
required. The proposed rate of 1 car space per 2 beds is supported.
The provision of car parking for residents and visitors associated with the Central Facilities and ILA
building, ILA’s and ILU’s remains unchanged and complies with the minimum requirements of the
Noosa Plan.


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