132007.12.9 - Minor Change To Existing Approval For Material Change Of Use, To Increase The Use Area For A Community Use - Education - Type 3 Adult (Administration Only) And Include Business Use Office Type 3 - Veterinary Situated At 88A & 90 Goodchap Street, Noosaville · Attachment 2 - 132007.12.9 - Development Planner'S Report

Assessment of Request
The location of the building extension will result in the removal of 17 car parking spaces from the
south-eastern corner of the site, with the road in this area to become one-way. Changing this area
from a two-way to one-way operation will allow for carparking spaces to be rotated and provided
in various locations across the site to offset the number of impacted car spaces.
Due to the nature of the extension, the applicant seeks a relaxation to the number of car parking
spaces to be provided while maintaining the number of spaces required under condition 36 of the
existing development approval. Accordingly, the proposal seeks to provide the equivalent of 369
car parking spaces.
Council’s consulting traffic engineer has reviewed the proposal and provided the following
comments:
       The additional parking they have found is legitimate parking on the site (on the western exit
       driveway) and through minor rearrangement of some of the parking areas. They have also
       included 4 equivalent parking spaces (16 motorcycles) and 2 ambulance bays in their total
       of 369 for the change (as per the table on the parking plan).
       The condition for the original parking approval required 369 car parking spaces. The parking
       table on the original plan includes 363 carparking spaces (their numbered counting includes
       1 ambulance bay), plus 3 spaces on the one way section just east of Traders Lane, plus 3
       equivalent parking spaces (12 motorcycle bays), to achieve the 369 total.
       Thus, I don’t think they have been unreasonable in achieving the 369 parking space provision
       for the change proposal.
       The report by TTM is reasonable in stating that the additional floor area comprises the
       oncology bunker, which has thick concrete walls without windows and will only have 1 patient
       at a time. In that context, the proposed additional floor area in a carparking sense is
       negligible and might attract 1 additional parking space demand. This could be reinforced
       with a condition requiring that the radiation bunker only be used for administering radiation
       oncology treatment.
Noting the reasons provided by Council’s consulting traffic engineer, should the existing number
of car parking spaces be maintained as per the prior approval, the car parking is considered
adequate to meet the car parking demand development. It is noted that a similar development
application was approved at Noosa Civic (Council ref. MCU22/0038) for the purpose of providing
oncology treatment at an existing medical facility, where a car parking relaxation was granted in
consideration that the proposed use only has the capacity to treat one patient at a time.
It is recommended that condition 36 be amended to reflect the revised number of motorcycle
spaces. Further to this, an additional condition will be included for the building extension to only be
used for the purpose for oncology radiation treatment considering the car parking relaxation
provided. Any change of use for the building requires further assessment to assess the
circumstances of the proposal in particular regard to parking.
4.     CONSULTATION
4.1    Referral Agencies
Not applicable
4.2    Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal Council specialists:
•      External Traffic Consultant – as conditioned.
•      Senior Environmental Officer – as conditioned.
3     CONCLUSION & REASONS FOR DECISION
The application proposes to extend the existing development by constructing an oncology
treatment facility towards the Eumundi Noosa Road frontage. The proposal maintains the approved
number of car parking spaces on the development site, with the variation attributed to the additional