2017-12-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  12 DECEMBER 2017


Currently, Council does not have a strategy for the use of or for improvements to Wimmers Lane.
However, Council has established a practice of requiring previous developments to dedicate
1.5m of land to Wimmers Lane road reserve or provide a Public Thoroughfare easement. Figure
6 below shows the location of the previous land dedications and approved Public Thoroughfare
easement (yet to be developed). Council’s Infrastructure Planning and Design section indicates
that a Pedestrian and Access study of Cooroy, which will include Cooroy’s laneways is likely to
be undertaken in near future.




                   Figure 6: Location of dedications and public thoroughfare easement

The reasons for the previous dedications and public thoroughfare easement were:
    A development required additional road width to provide safe vehicle access, being located
      on the corner of Wimmers Lane and Wattle Street;
    a redevelopment immediately adjoining the development on the corner of Wimmers Lane
      and Wattle Street extended the road widening;
    approval for the redevelopment of the lot abutting the subject site provided continuation of
      the road widening; and
    the approved development on Emerald Street provided for a Public Thoroughfare
      easement to the rear of the site which extended the possibility to widen the Lane
Therefore, a 1.5m wide road widening is consistent with road widening required for other
developments on the southern side of Wimmers Lane and a condition is recommended
accordingly.
Underground petrol tanks and bowser
As a result of the historical use of the site a petrol bowser is situated on the road reserve and four
tanks are situated underground. Two of the petrol tanks were filled with inert material in 1998.
An independent risk assessment for Large Dangerous Goods Location Operating on Council
Footpaths and Lands - Daddows Cooroy Motors, 34 Maple Street Cooroy was undertaken on
behalf of the Sunshine Coast Council by AECOM (dated 31 August 2011)

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