minutes - City of Stirling

MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL
18 SEPTEMBER 2012
Justification
The subject site is zoned ‘Local Centre’ pursuant to the City of Stirling Local Planning
Scheme No. 3 (the Scheme). The objectives of the Local Centre zone are defined in
section 4.2.7 of the Scheme and are as follows:
a. To provide for a limited range of small-scale retail, commercial and community
facilities to meet the day-to-day needs of the immediate neighbourhood;
b. To ensure safe and convenient access to facilities, in an environment which is
conducive to pedestrian movement; and
c. To ensure development is sited and designed so as to reinforce a sense of place
and attractive streetscapes.
‘Consulting Rooms’ is defined in the Scheme as:
“…premises used by no more than 2 health consultants for the investigation or
treatment of human injuries or ailments and for general outpatient care.”
‘Consulting Rooms’ are a ‘P’ permitted use pursuant to Table 1, and as no greater
shortfall of parking is proposed it is therefore considered that the application can be
determined under delegated authority by the City’s planning officers.
The proposed use of the site as a ’Consulting Rooms’ is consistent with the objectives
of the Local Centre zone. The proposal will provide medical services to the local
community in a convenient location, being in close proximity to the Medical Centre
(which are likely to complement one another), the Wembley Downs Shopping Centre,
Offices (located in the same building as per the approved plans) and other community
facilities such as the nearby childcare centre.
Provision of Car Parking
The City’s Parking Policy (Policy 6.7) states the parking requirement of ‘Consulting
Rooms’ and ‘Medical Centres’ is 10 bays plus two (2) bays for each practitioner in
excess of two. As the Medical Centre already approved on the subject site is to have
no more six (6) practitioners work on the premises at any one time, the proposed
additional ’Consulting Rooms’, which will be used by a maximum of two (2)
practitioners at any one time results in only an additional four (4) bays being required.
This requirement can then be further reduced by 20% based on the previous ‘Medical
Centre’ approval, and the City’s Parking Policy, as the development is within 50m of an
existing public car park of more than 50 bays (being the nearby shopping centre). The
total additional requirement for the proposed ’Consulting Rooms’ is therefore 3.2 bays.
As part of the previous approved development application, the car parking requirement
for the same area as offices was one (1) bay per 30m 2 of gross floor area, less the
10% reduction for proximity to an existing public car park (which was applied at the
time under the City’s Parking Policy). The car parking required, and subsequently
provided, for the subject site as an office was therefore 3.6 bays.
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