Submission MCU 15_0095 - Multisign

Having only one manned crossing on the northern side of the school and no manned crossing on the
southern side of the school leaves students walking or riding to school in a very perilous and dangerous
position. No safety measures have been proposed to ensure the well being of students and families
travelling to the school.

Young children crossing busy roads, parking lots, internal roads and walking across the existing lots
where the proposed development is to take place, have their minds on their music bags, sports bags,
library bags, school bags, their friends and the expectations of the day ahead or the day completed. It is
fair to say that they can be scattered, unfocused, tired, excited, chatty or dreamy as they wander
around the familiar and hereto safe areas within and around their school.

It is of grave concern to add increased traffic to the area, which is already bursting at the seams with the
vehicles of parents or staff all of whom have a vested interest in keeping the children safe. It is fair to
say that members of the public using the proposed service station would not necessarily have such
awareness, or vested interest. In fact small children are hard to see for those people driving large
vehicles, articulated trucks, utilities and so forth. Trucks and tankers will have extreme difficulty entering
and exiting the service station given the configuration of the roadway causing more congestion and
further traffic delays in the area.

The parking area where school busses drop of students in the morning for the start of school and pick
up students at 3pm is adjacent to the proposed development. Students are unattended as they are
dropped of and collected. This makes students vulnerable to risks of interference, abduction and
temptation to purchase food and drink from the service station.

The increased traffic in the area due to the proposed development would pose an increased risk of
accidents and injury in a location that is already over congested at peak times.

The proposed Development is in conflict with the planning scheme as set out in table 14-15 of the
Noosa Plan and therefore should be rejected as there are there are no sufficient favourable public
interest grounds to justify the decision, despite the conflict. The proposed service station is to be
located in an area where it is incompatible with the existing and proposed amenity and development
of a neighbourhood and it is inappropriate given the existing or likely future traffic movements in the
area.

Inappropriate Zoning
Statutory Guideline 05/09 identifies certain ‘grounds’ that the Assessment Manager may consider
including, but not limited to:
    a. whether the relevant instrument is out of date due to its age or changing circumstances in the
        area and the proposal reflects or responds to these changed circumstances;
    b. The relevant instrument is incorrect in terms of its substance or underlying assumptions for the
        circumstances of the particular proposal

The Noosa Plan and associated planning scheme is due for review and does not reflect the current
circumstances in neighbourhood of the proposed Development. The planning scheme may have



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