Traffic Impact Assessment

3.0      PROPOSED EXPANSION


3.1     Proposal

        The proposal involves increasing the student enrolment capacity at Noosa Christian College, from
        299 to 350 students (ie an additional 51 students). It has been assumed that the expansion will
        require six additional FTE staff (ie a total of 38 FTE staff), based on maintaining the existing staff to
        student ratio.

        No changes to the existing site layout are proposed as part of this application. Instead, the
        increased enrolment capacity is to be accommodated in the existing buildings.

3.2     Access Arrangements

        No changes to the existing priority-controlled access on Cooroy Belli Creek Road are proposed to
        accommodate the expansion. An assessment of the access operation, under future year post-
        development conditions has been undertaken (as discussed in Section 4) and demonstrates that
        the access is expected to continue to operate adequately in the future years. Accordingly, the
        existing access arrangements are considered sufficient to cater for the proposed expansion.

3.3     Parking

        3.3.1 Requirement

        The additional parking requirement associated with the proposed expansion has been determined
        based on the parking rates outlined in Council’s Driveways and Parking Code and the drop-off /
        pick-up rate provided in TMR’s PSTIS. An additional nine (ie total 53) parking spaces are required
        to support the proposed expansion, as shown in Table 3.1.

        Table 3.1:            ADDITIONAL SCHOOL PARKING REQUIREMENT

          USER                            SCALE                PARKING RATE               SOURCE    REQUIRED

          Long-term                     6 FTE staff              1 space per staff        Council       6

          Short-term                    51 students          1 space per 30 students      Council       2

          Drop-off / Pick-up            51 students           20% short-term supply        TMR          1

          Total                                                                                      9 spaces


        Council’s Driveways and Parking Code also requires that motorcycle parking be provided at
        community activity developments (ie schools) at a rate of one space per 100m2 GFA. However,
        provision of dedicated motorcycle parking facilities is not considered necessary in this instance,
        because:

                  the long-term car parking rate of one space per staff member is considered sufficient to
                  accommodate both the car and motorcycle parking demands associated with school staff
                  the demand for visitor motorcycle parking is expected to be minimal, given that most visitors
                  would be picking up / dropping off students




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