Town Planning Report_Bunnings Trade Centre_v3.3

REPORT

4            PROPOSAL
4.1          Overview
The proposed development involves establishing a bulk trade yard for the purposes of providing timber and
trade supplies primarily to professional builders and tradesmen.
The bulk trade yard will be located on the northern part of the site which consists of approximately 4,073m2 of
vacant land. The existing Bunnings Warehouse Noosaville store occupies 2.386ha of the southern portion of
site area.
The proposal is for a two storey building, comprising under croft car parking area, and upper level bulk trade
supplies area.
Vehicular access/egress to/from the site will be provided via two driveways to Gateway Drive, consisting of
one entry driveway on the southern side of the building, and one exit driveway on the northern side of the
building.
Car parking for ‘walk in’ customers will be in the lower level budling undercroft. Customers collecting large
quantities or bulky items (e.g. timber) can drive up the ramp on the building’s southern side to circulate and
short-term park to load within the upper level of the building. Service vehicles will circulate in an anti-
clockwise direction around the outside of the building, to unload at the read (eastern) end of the building.
The bulk trade yard will operate independently from the existing Bunnings store. In particular:
•     It will cater to builders and trade customers (as opposed to retail customers).
•     The proposed bulk trade yard will be located on approved lot 103 under the existing reconfiguration of a
      lot approval (Council ref: REC14/0005).
•     It will not be physically connected in any way with the existing Bunnings store (i.e. will be a standalone
      and a self-contained use).
•     It will have its own undercroft car park and will not rely on the existing Bunnings store for access/egress.
Accordingly, the proposal will operate independently of the existing Bunning store. It is not for an expansion
of the existing Bunnings store, and will require its own separate development permit for material change of
use. No changes are proposed to the existing Bunnings development approval.

4.2          Gross floor area
Under the Noosa Plan 2022, gross floor area is defined as:
      gross floor area for a building, means the total floor area of all storeys of the building, measured from the
      outside of the external walls and the centre of any common walls of the building, other than areas used for—
           1.   building services, plant or equipment; or
           2.   access between levels; or
           3.   a ground floor public lobby; or
           4.   a mall; or
           5.   parking, loading or manoeuvring vehicles; or
           6.   unenclosed private balconies, whether roofed or not.
Based on the above, the gross floor area of the proposal is as follows:
                                             Table 8: Development Statistics
                     Component                                                    Gross floor area
                     Existing Bunnings store:                                           7,592.28m2
                     Proposed bulk trade yard
                         Internal floor space:                                          1,860.80m2
                         Less internal parking, loading and manouevring area:           - 773.27m2
                          Gross floor area:                                            1,087.53m2
                     Total (existing store and proposed bulk trade yard):               8,679.81m2


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