minutes - City of Stirling

MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL
18 SEPTEMBER 2012
The City issued the planning approval on the 15 February 2012, following
consideration of the application by full Council at its Ordinary Meeting held on 7
February 2012. Conditions 1, 2 and 3 relating to car parking contingency requirements
did not arise as a result of the officer assessment, were not included as part of the
officer recommendation to Council, and were imposed only as a result of the Council
determination.
Conditions 1, 2 and 3 of the planning approval are detailed as follows:
1. The submission of a Contingency Plan to the satisfaction of Manager Approvals
prior to the commencement of development, indicating how the shortfall of 107
car bays could be accommodated on site.
2. The applicant/owner entering into a legal agreement prior to the commencement
of development, accepting to provide additional parking of 107 car bays in
accordance with the agreed Contingency Plan, should they be required by the
City.
3. Any legal costs incurred to be borne wholly by the applicant/owner.
The primary reasons for the removal of the conditions are as follows:
1. A parking assessment report prepared by transport consultants, Uloth and
Associates has demonstrated that there is more than adequate on site parking to
meet demonstrated and projected demand.
2. Car parking contingency arrangements of a similar nature to those proposed in
the planning approval conditions have previously been removed by Council on
the basis that they were not required on the subject site.
Parking Assessment Report
Uloth and Associates prepared a parking assessment report to assess the impact of
the proposed Dan Murphy’s development in November 2011. The key findings from
the traffic report are summarised below:-
A total of 2,149 car bays are provided in the existing shopping centre car parks,
representing a supply ratio of 5.0 spaces per 100m 2 .
Historically there have been no reports of parking issues on the subject site with
this parking supply ratio.
Approved plans to expand the existing car park at the western end of the centre
would increase the overall parking supply to 2,229 spaces.
The proposed development will increase the overall shopping centre floorspace
by 1,020 square metres to 44,351m 2 Gross Lettable Area (GLA).
Upon completion of the Dan Murphy’s development, a total of 2,173 parking
spaces will be provided on site, representing a continued supply ratio of 5.0
spaces per 100m 2 .
Overall peak parking demand occurs at 11.30am on a Thursday (1,337 spaces)
and 12.00pm on a Saturday (1,452 spaces).
The required parking supply to accommodate the worst-case design day parking
demand is 1,868 spaces.
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