2014-04-28 General Committee Meeting Agenda Pages 1-64

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                       28 APRIL 2014


The proposed change to the development approval requested by the applicant is considered to
constitute a permissible change because:
     The change would not result in a substantially different development;
     The change would not trigger a new referral to the State Assessment and Referral Agency;
     The original application was impact assessable and the proposed changes would not likely
      cause a person to make a properly made submission because they relate to a reduction in
      the intensity of the development; and
     The changes do not involve prohibited development.
On this basis, the applicant is considered to be following the lawful process in making the
request.

5.    Assessment

Details and assessment of the requested changes to the existing conditions are provided below.

Condition 8 & 9 – Access Driveway

8.    The applicant shall relocate the existing site access to a location between 80 and 110
      metres east of the existing site access on Cooroy Mountain Road, to the reasonable
      satisfaction of Council. The intersection between Cooroy Mountain Road and the relocated
      site access shall be designed and constructed to provide safe turning areas for the vehicles
      likely to use the access. In this respect the intersection between Cooroy Mountain Road
      and the relocated access shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the
      most recent edition of the Department of Main Roads Road Planning and Design Manual
      and The Noosa Plan Planning Scheme Policy 5 Engineering Design Standards - Roads,
      Drainage and Earthworks. The redundant access (i.e. the existing access driveway) shall
      not be used for vehicular access. To ensure vehicular access via the redundant access
      does not occur, the redundant access point within the Cooroy Mountain Road reserve shall
      be revegetated in accordance with Council standards.

9     The relocated driveway from Cooroy Mountain Road to the car parking loading area shall
      be sealed, designed and constructed in accordance with AS/NZS2890.1-2004, AS2890.2-
      2002 and The Noosa Plan Planning Scheme Policy 5 Engineering Design Standards -
      Roads, Drainage and Earthworks. The relocated driveway shall be designed and
      constructed to grades that prevent vehicles from scraping and/or bottoming whilst also
      allowing pedestrians movements along the footpath without any step or level difference.
      Should any driveways be constructed to grades that do not comply with
      ASINZS2890.12004 and AS2890.2-2002, Council will require that the driveway be removed
      and reconstructed to levels that do comply.

Applicant’s Request

The [submitted] Traffic Impact Assessment prepared by RoadPro Development provides a new
assessment of the proposed operations and confirms that the required road access and vehicle
movements are minimal given the proposed reduction in operations (i.e. no distribution of water
coolers and reduced days of operation p/week).

Further, the location of the access driveway has been reviewed with consideration to the number
of vehicles accessing the site. Given that the existing driveway has been operating adequately
for a number of years, the location meets the Australian Standards requirements and there is
good sight visibility, low traffic volumes and the existing local driver awareness of this access, it is
considered appropriate to retain the driveway in its current location. On this basis, it is proposed


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