MCU170049 Response to Information Request

                                                                           	
  

Date: 29 June 2017

The Chief Executive Officer
Noosa Shire Council,
PO Box 141
Tewantin QLD 4565


Response to Council’s Information Request in relation to an application for
Development Permit for Material Change of Use of Premises - Home Based
Business Type 3 - Swim school at 8 Mckenna Ct, Noosaville (Council
Reference MCU17/0049).

I refer to Council’s Information Request dated 14 June 2017. Please find below
a response to each item raised.

Information Requested

   1. Revised schedule and/or operating hours which accord with each
      other
Response

The client was seeking formalisation of an existing home based business. As
such, the hours proposed were the maximum hours, classes and students for
the current operating schedule. However, on reflection it is proposed to
formalise hours for each day of the week to allow for flexibility in the
operation of the swim school. Please see a revised schedule proposal below
in response to Information Requested 2.

Information Requested

   2. A revised schedule which accommodates a 30 minute break between
      classes, the schedule should include details of the starting time for
      each class.

Response

Our client has advised that a 30 minute break between each class would not
be viable for the operation of the home based business. Alternatively, a 15
minute break is proposed which would be sufficient to ensure that no overlap
would occur and a practical operation of the business.

While it is acknowledged that council has adopted 30 minute breaks for
exercise classes, the proposed classes only cater for 3 children and are not of
a scale or intensity that cause a significant traffic generation.

Our client would be happy to put in place a strict management policy to
ensure customers would come and go within this 15 minute window. Given