2017-06-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      6 JUNE 2017


at the busiest time of day, which would allow headroom for a reasonable level of increase in the
level of parking activity associated with the existing site uses’.
Based on this, Council’s traffic engineer suggested that there would be sufficient car parking,
provided that:
   Fitness classes are limited in size to no more than 20 persons;
   The number of overlapping group fitness classes between the hours of 8am and 4pm on
     weekday is limited to 2. Note: TTM suggested this and additionally that there be no more
     than 3 overlapping classes between 5.30pm and 6.30am. Overlapping classes are classes
     that either directly overlap in time, or where there is less than half an hour between the
     conclusion of one class and the start of another.
Therefore, conditions are recommended to limit the class sizes to a maximum of 20 and prevent
classes overlapping so that there are sufficient spaces available at any one time. Typically, there
are a limited number of classes between 12pm and 5pm, with peak periods before 7am and from
5pm, when parking demands for parking for light industry uses are less.
On this basis the proposed fitness centre use in conjunction with the existing light industry uses
have sufficient carparking available on site to address likely parking demands.

CONSULTATION:
IDAS Referral Agencies
The application was not referred to any IDAS referral agencies.
Other Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal council specialists:
   Development Engineer
   Environment Officer
   Traffic Engineering (Consultant)
Their assessment forms part of this report.
Public Notification
The application was publicly notified for 15 days in accordance with the requirements of the
Sustainable Planning Act 2009. One properly made submission was received. The public
notification ran from Friday 10 March to Friday 31st of March 2017.
The following table provides a summary and assessment of the issues raised by submitters.

 Issues                                       Comments
 The submitter is concerned there may         The retirement village is located opposite the
 be noise levels that will impact on the      proposed Fitness Centre on the opposite side of
 retirement village located at 35 Walter      Walter Hay Drive. The Fitness Centre will be air
 Hay Drive Noosaville.                        conditioned, with no need to have open
                                              windows/doors. The use will be conditioned to
                                              ensure that windows/doors cannot be opened on
                                              the Walter Hay Drive side and that there is no
                                              amplified music/voices between 7pm and 7am.




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