2018-10-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        9 OCTOBER 2018


4.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 business days in accordance with the Planning Act
2016. 104 properly made submissions were received being 96 objecting to and 8 in support.
Included in the total are approximately 77 pre-formatted submissions. The following table
provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by submitters.

 Matters Raised                                    Comments

 Traffic / Car parking

 It is already a struggle to get a car park on     The car parking proposed has been independently
 Goodchap Street and Val Crescent as a result      peer reviewed which indicates 53 spaces is sufficient
 of overflow parking from the hospital.            for the intended use.
 The extra traffic caused by the development
 will impinge on ambulance access to Noosa
                                                   The effect of the development on the road network
 Hospital Emergency.
                                                   has been deemed to be insignificant. This has been
 The development will significantly increase       certified by a RPEQ traffic engineer and peer
 vehicles using Val Crescent, particularly         reviewed by Council’s consultant traffic engineer.
 commercial vehicles including 12.5m heavy
                                                   Additional vehicles to that which currently use Val Cr
 rigid vehicles.
                                                   would increase. However, the proposed driveway is
 Val Crescent is intended to service residents     located 20m from Val Cr/Goodchap St roundabout
 who live in the street only.                      minimising the traffic impacts on Val Cr.
 Val Crescent should be widened to cater for       The current width has been deemed suitable for the
 the additional traffic if the development is to   development.
 proceed.

 The proposed 53 car parks is not sufficient to    The car parking numbers proposed have been
 cater for patients, staff, visitors and other     independently peer reviewed.
 people required to attend the facility.

 Number 2 Val Crescent’s driveway is not           The location of 2 Val Cr driveway and the impact of
 indicated on the developer’s plans. This          the development has been considered in the
 driveway is within 10m of the proposed            assessment of the development.
 driveway.

 The increased traffic created by the
 development will make Val Crescent more
 dangerous given—

  there are no footpaths for local residents A footpath to the whole Val Cr frontage of the
     or for people who park in the street to       development must be constructed           should      the
     access the hospital;                          development be approved.
  children ride bikes and scooters on the The proposed driveway to the development in Val Cr
     street and the increased traffic will         is near the Goodchap St roundabout. minimising the
     prevent them from doing this safely.          traffic impacts on Val Cr.

 The Val Crescent access is inappropriate and      The sight lines and other traffic related concerns
 unsafe because of restricted sight lines and      raised by the submitter are addressed in the body of
 the applicant’s information response is           this report.
 grossly inaccurate.

 Additional rubbish collection adding to nose      This has been addressed in the body of this report.
 and stress levels




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