5_Minor Change Traffic Report_PART A · MCU22/0038.02

Noosaville Hofmann Drive Medical Centre                                           4 December 2024
Further Minor Change Transport Assessment                               SLR Project No.: 620.V30769


5.0            Parking Demand Assessment
To inform Council’s consideration of the minor change nature of the reduction in parking
supply to accommodate the relocation of the fire pumps, the following commentary is
provided:

5.1            Summary of Current Approved Parking (Minor Change 2023)
          The approved development was required by the Minor Change 2023 to provide 96
           car parking spaces and 10 motorcycle spaces on the site, plus an SRV loading bay
           and ambulance bay.
          The Minor Change 2023 allowed for the following effective parking rates:
                All tenancies except the cancer treatment tenancy: Car parking at a rate of 4.79
                 spaces per 100sq.m GFA – equating to a provision of 80 spaces.
                For the Cancer treatment tenancy: 16 car parking spaces– equating to a
                 reduced provision of 3.22 spaces per 100sq.m GFA.
          The Minor Change 2023 provided evidence from Icon as the tenants to support a
           parking demand assessment equating to 9 spaces for the Cancer treatment facility.
           This demand resulted in a surplus of 7 spaces from the 16 spaces provided.

5.2            Proposed Change to Parking Provision
          Given the surplus of 7 spaces as identified within the Minor Change 2023, reducing
           the parking supply by 2 spaces, will still result in a surplus of 5 spaces.
          This minor change application seeks to continue to provide parking at a rate of 4.79
           spaces per 100sq.m GFA for all tenancies except the Cancer treatment tenancy.
           Current Parking Utilisation
To further confirm whether the parking supply would still be sufficient, a spot parking survey
was conducted during the morning peak on 30 October 2024. The following was observed,
indicating that ample spare capacity is available on site:
         7 parked cars on Ground Level (100% utilisation)
         4 parked cars on Basement Level B1 (8.9% utilisation)
         7 parked cars on Basement Level B2 (15.9% utilisation)
         29 parked cars in total (18.8% utilisation)
It should be noted that 21% of the medical facility was untenanted at the time of the parking
survey. However, even accounting for this, ample spare capacity would still be available on
site, and therefore, readily sufficient to accommodate anticipated demands if the total
supply is reduced by 2 spaces.
In summary, the effective parking supply available to the balance tenants will not differ
from that approved by Condition 43. The Cancer treatment tenancy will still benefit from
14 parking spaces which is greater than the expected number of spaces likely to be
required for the tenancy, hence, readily sufficient to accommodate this demand.
Therefore, whilst relocating the fire pumps will result in a loss of parking spaces within
the basement, this loss is not expected to introduce new impacts or increase the severity
of known impacts from a transport perspective.




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