The Fourth of July is an important date in recognising the anniversary of the publication of the US Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.
For us Aussies, the Fourth of July is now established as an important date as it commemorates the publication of the City of Gold Coast (CoGC) City Plan Version 10.
The CoGC City Plan Version 10 incorporates six major amendments including the Our City Our Plan Major Updates and amendments to the Local Government Infrastructure Plan. As part of these amendments, a number of changes have been made to the Driveways and Vehicle Crossings Code and Transport Code for any future Development Application on the Goldy.
Now I know what you’re thinking – it’s going to be a tedious task in establishing these key changes and the ramifications for future Development Applications. To get you started, we’ve completed a quick overview on how the CoGC City Plan Version 10 impacts the parking and transport components of your future development.
Let’s get into it!
Driveways and Vehicle Crossings Code
- The previous ‘Driveways and Vehicular Crossings Code’ is now given a fresh new name in the form of the ‘Driveways and Vehicle Crossings Code’,
- Residential developments comprising two (2) driveways must now achieve a minimum separation of 7.0m between the driveways,
- For Accepted Developments:
– The minimum separation between a vehicle crossing and the property boundary is 0.5m for Residential Built-To-Boundary Setbacks,
– All other developments require a minimum separation of 2.0m between a vehicle crossing and the property boundary. - For Assessable Developments:
– The minimum separation between a vehicle crossing and the property boundary is 0.5m for Residential Built-To-Boundary Setbacks,
– All other developments require a minimum separation of 1.0m between a vehicle crossing and the property boundary. - The minimum separation between a vehicle crossing on an adjoining property has decreased from 3.0m to 1.0m,
- Minimum separation distances of 1.0m from a driveway to traffic / stormwater / telecommunication services are now stipulated, in addition to a minimum 0.3m separation from a driveway to surface level water / sewerage assets.
Transport Code
- The updated Transport Code incorporates various amendments and an overall reduction of Required Outcomes (RO), Performance Outcomes (PO) and Acceptable Outcomes (AO) for Accepted Developments and Assessable Developments respectively, notably:
– End Of Trip Facilities (EOTF) are now required to be located within 50m of the dedicated off-street bicycle parking,
– Required Outcomes relating to bicycle parking and pathways are no longer exempt for Secondary Dwelling developments,
– PO3 now closely aligns with Australian Standards AS2890.2 in which servicing must occur wholly onsite, allowing for safe pickup / set-down of passengers onsite and will not obstruct access to parking areas, - The minimum number of car parking spaces (outside of PDAs and Centre Zones) has varied for the following development uses:
– Child Care Centre: 1 per 4 children (previously 1 per staff and 1 per 5 children),
– Health Care Services: The greater of 1 per 20 sq.m TUA OR 2 per consulting room plus 1 space per staff (previously 5 per 100 sq.m TUA),
– Multiple Dwelling: Visitor parking is now segmented based on the number of dwellings, where a rate of 3 plus 1 per 10 dwellings now applies for large scale developments (previously 2 plus 1 per 10 dwellings),
– Self-Storage Sheds: Car parking is now segmented based on the Gross Leasable Area of the Self-Storage Sheds and includes provision for trailers (previously 1 per 10 storage sheds plus 3.3 per 100 sq.m TUA admin)
– New and never before seen car parking rates for the following uses:- Home Based Business,
- Residential Care Facility,
- Backpackers Accommodation
- Service vehicle requirements for a site area less than 1,000 sq.m must now accommodate a HRV and AV onsite, where previous commentary regarding on-street servicing in appropriate conditions has now been omitted,
- For Visitor bicycle parking, the following amendments have been made:
– No requirement for High Impact Industry uses,
– Multiple dwelling uses now require Visitor bicycle parking at a rate of 1 per 12 dwellings and is capped to 20 spaces (previously 1 per 3 dwellings).
As you can see, Version 10 of the CoGC City Plan brings considerable changes to any traffic and transport components on future developments on the Gold Coast.
It’s important to stay up to date with these changes to ensure your Development Application maintains the smoothest journey through to achieving Development Approval (and to avoid the embarrasing email of “OMG that car parking rate was SO Version 9!”).
Need any further insight on Development Applications on the Gold Coast? Reach out to the Modus team for any and all inquiries!
Contact:
Bradley Fuller
Traffic Engineer
bradley.fuller@moduseng.com.au
