MCU19/0017.07 - Development Application For Other Change To Development Approval For Commercial Business Type 1 Office, Commercial Business Type 2 Medical To Health Care Service, Hospital And Hospital (Infusion Centre) And Ral 19/0004.07 Reconfiguring Lot At 36-40 Hofmann Drive, Noosaville

Amelia Lorentson5:49

Now and imagine there's something that could uptake a great any further questions around the table? No? Okay. I'm happy to move the delegated report. Seconded by Mayor Wilkie, all in favour? So we'll move now to the next item on the agenda, which is item 7.2, development application for other change to development approval for Commercial Business Type 1, office Commercial Business Type 2, medical to Health Care Service, hospital and Infusion Centre, and RAL19/0004.07 Reconfiguring a Lot at 36 to 40 Hofmann Drive, Noosaville and handed over to Nadine for an overview and summary of the reporting from us, thank you. Good morning everyone.

As Councillor Amelia has outlined this is an application for an another other change to an existing development approval. There's an existing medical centre at Hofmann Drive which is currently built and the applicant seeks to extend that internally by adding an additional 594 square metres of gross floor area by converting an existing car parking area to cater for that use. The area to be converted to internal car parking is to be for additional medical suites and hospital areas. It will reduce car parking on site by 30 spaces resulting in a total of 160 spaces on site which includes eight motorcycle spaces. At present the existing approval is for medical and office facilities as part of this application they're wanting to remove that requirement for office type functions on the site and to change the whole definition of the use from a to a health care centre a hospital and a hospital infusion centre in terms of visually it will not be visible to the street because it is an internal one area. Of one the main issues related to car parking and as you can imagine an additional 594 in removal of car parking spaces raised some concerns. We've been liaising with the applicant and our traffic consultant to look at the impacts of such a use on car parking and whether this increase could be appropriately handled by the development on site. Our traffic expert came back to us and indicated if it was a hospital type use they generally have a lesser rate than normal medical centre because they have a larger footplate for operating rooms for transfusion rooms etc. So our consultant was very definitive in terms of the rate that would apply to a hospital type normally we have a use. One space per 20. He was indicating that this type of use for a hospital type function with large floor plates would be around one space per 35 square metres. As a result of that the applicant was willing to change the proposed use to hospital and agreed to conditions that were very specific in terms of the type of uses and floor plates allowed and our consultant was willing, he agreed that car parking based on those types of uses would be appropriate. A hospital use, unfortunately, is an inconsistent use in this zone. However, this is one on a balance that it is a toss between a medical centre and also a hospital. So to ensure that we maintained a use that had an appropriate amount of car parking on site. We've agreed that a hospital type function and infusion centre would be an appropriate definition and it's more of a labelling to ensure that we maintain our car parking and our floor plates. The application is recommended for approval subject to conditions relating to that specific use.