2016-07-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              12 JULY 2016


If Council approves the application, the concurrence agency conditions must attach to the
development approval.
4.2. Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council specialists:
    Development Engineer
    Waste Management Officer
    Health Officer
    Environment Officer
Their assessment is included in this report.
4.3. Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 business days in accordance with the Sustainable
Planning Act 2009. One not properly made submission in the form of a petition with 20 signatures
was received. The petition indicates the signatories are residents of Prospect Place & Trading
Post Lane. The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by
submitters.
 Issues                                                      Comments
 Pearsons Road is the feeder road of approximately           Council engineers have assessed the submitted
 100 existing dwellings. The Palm Lake development           traffic impact assessment and find the
 has the potential to increase traffic volume by 300%.       increased traffic levels are acceptable, subject
                                                             to the conditioned upgrade works.
 Trading Post Lane will have an increased traffic flow of
 approximately 500 vehicles a day. You can clearly see       The extent of “out of zone” residential
 that this lane/road is a residential road not built for     development is limited to only 6 dwellings and a
 such volumes.                                               caretaker’s residence on the rural zoned
                                                             allotment.

 We believe there will be insufficient space for staff and   A total of 148 spaces are proposed, being 55
 visitor parking on site and that this will overflow into    visitor spaces for the retirement living
 Prospect Place and Trading Post Lane, so impeding           component and 93 visitor/staff spaces for the
 resident's safe passage to their properties. This has       aged care. These meet the requirements of
 the potential to compound when the respite centre is        The Noosa Plan and overflow parking impacts
 built. It is worth noting that Prospect Place is a single   are unlikely.
 lane cui de sac with many small and school age
 children residing there.

 The current shape/configuration of the entrance, and        The intersection is conditioned to be upgraded
 therefore exit, of Pearsons Road onto Elm Street can        to meet Council and Main Roads’ standards.
 be difficult because of this. There have been accidents
 there in the past. The volume of traffic already
 indicates that a turning lane is required and this will
 only get worse if the entry to the Palm Lakes
 development is off Trading Post Lane.

 The main entrance to the Palm Lakes Development             DTMR will not allow access off Elm Street. An
 could be off Elm Street and or Lamonts Road, with           access is proposed via Lamonts Road with
 turning lanes off Elm Street and perhaps the extending      approximately half the retirement living trips
 of the 60kph speed limit to start from Lamonts Road.        anticipated to be via that access.

 A development application has been submitted for a          The small project sales office was separately
 building already built on Pearsons Road. We note that       approved by Council in March 2016 (Ref.
 this building does not appear to be fastened to the         MCU15/0119)
 ground i.e. not cyclone proof. We are concerned that
 the Palm Lakes Resort group may be acting with an
 attitude of 'do now and seek permission later'?"


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