PM Submission - John Cochrane - MCU21/0110

“Adamson Town Planning, specialising in providing higher order town planning advice”



         Works Codes

         The following works codes are considered most relevant in the assessment:

             •   Driveways and Parking Code;
             •   Sustainable Building Design Code;
             •   Earthworks Code;
             •   Landscaping Code;
             •   Waste Management Code; and
             •   Water Quality and Drainage Control Code.

         Comments are about the level of compliance with these codes is provided below.

         Driveways and Parking Code

         The applicant has engaged Traffic and Transport Plus who have provided a Traffic Engineering
         Assessment for the proposed Resort Complex (refer Appendix F). The traffic and parking
         assessment has considered the following issues for the proposed development, as they relate to
         the Noosa Plan 2020:
                • consideration of the existing uses on the site that form part of the integrated
                    development;
                • consideration of the high order provisions under the Strategic Framework which seek
                    to reduce car dependency and promote alternative forms of sustainable transport;
                • consideration of parking requirements under other planning schemes given there is
                    no parking rate provided for a Resort Complex under the Driveways and Parking Code;
                • alternative modes of transport and accessibility having regard to the Noosa Heads
                    locality including the provision of existing and future planned infrastructure such as
                    paths and cycleways and access to public transport;
                • the proposed use of alternative transport modes including the provision and use of
                    mopeds, electric bikes and scooters, and shuttle buses;
                • the likely users of the proposed integrated Resort Complex including a relatively high
                    proportion expected to be golfers;
                • the temporal differences between the peak use times of the other resort facilities being
                    different to the proposed “Boutique Hotel”; and
                • the likely impacts upon the external traffic network not being of any concern.

         The traffic expert has made a number of recommendations, including:

         The key issue related to the proposed development is the provision of car parking. A traditional
         approach would be to provide at least one car parking space per room. However, this will in turn
         lead to an increase in car dependency and hence traffic in the area and car parking demands
         elsewhere. I recommend that for this Resort Complex development, especially in the absence of a
         specific rate being cited in the Noosa Plan, adopting a rate of 1 space per 4 rooms is appropriate,
         also noting that this is in line with the rate stated in the Gold Coast Planning Scheme. The adoption
         of this rate should be adopted in conjunction with alternative transport means being provided to




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