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TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Planning Proposal
138-142 Cronulla Street, Cronulla
Reference: 19.345r01v05
Date: November 2019
DOCUMENT VERIFICATION
Job Number 19.345
Project 138-142 Cronulla Street, Cronulla
Client Munro Operations Trust
Revision Date Prepared By Checked By Signed
v05 11/11/2019 Kedar Ballurkar Kedar Ballurkar
CONTENTS
1. Introduction 1
2. Location and Site 2
3. Existing Traffic Conditions 5
3.1 Road Network 5
3.2 Public Transport 7
4. Description of Proposed Development 9
5. Traffic and Transport Impacts 10
5.1 Permissible Development Scheme (Current Zoning) 10
5.2 Potential Development Traffic Generation 11
5.3 Net Traffic Impacts 14
6. Parking Requirements 16
6.1 Parking Rates 16
6.2 DCP Parking Demand 17
6.3 Future Parking Demand 18
7. Conclusions 21
Appendices
Appendix A: Photographic Record
Appendix B: Indicative Concept Plans
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1. INTRODUCTION
TRAFFIX has been commissioned by Munro Operations Trust to undertake a Traffic Impact
Assessment to accompany a Planning Proposal for the site at 138-142 Cronulla Street, Cronulla.
Approval is sought to vary the floor space ratio and height of building controls, in order to
incentivise the provision of a hotel facility. The site is located within the Sutherland Shire local
government area and has been assessed under that Council’s controls.
This report documents the findings of our investigations and should be read in the context of
the Planning Proposal prepared separately. As part of the Gateway process, the Planning
Proposal is to be referred to Transport for NSW for consultation.
The report is structured as follows:
Section 2: Describes the site and its location
Section 3: Documents existing traffic conditions
Section 4: Describes the proposed development
Section 5: Assesses the parking requirements
Section 6: Assesses traffic impacts
Section 7: Discusses access and internal design aspects
Section 8: Presents the overall study conclusions
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2. LOCATION AND SITE
The site is located at 138-142 Cronulla Street in Cronulla, on the eastern side of the road, directly
north of Monro Park. In a regional context, it lies 30 metres east of Cronulla Station and
approximately 21 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district.
The site is rectangular shaped in configuration with a site area of 1,424m2. It has a western
frontage to Cronulla Street measuring 25 metres in length and an eastern frontage to Surf Lane
measuring 25 metres in length. The site is otherwise bounded to the north by a retail
development and to the south by Munro Park.
The site accommodates a single storey building with 1,035m2 gross floor area of combined retail
space. At at-grade car park with capacity for approximately eight (8) parking spaces is
accessed via Surf Lane.
A Location Plan is presented in Figure 1, with a Site Plan presented in Figure 2. Reference should
also be made to the Photographic Record presented in Appendix A which provides an
appreciation of the general character of roads and other key attributes in proximity to the site.
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Figure 1: Location Plan
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Figure 2: Site Plan
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3. EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS
3.1 Road Network
The road hierarchy in the vicinity of the site is shown in Figure 3 with the following roads of
particular interest:
Cronulla Street: a local road that generally runs in a north-south direction
between Croydon Street in the north and Waratah Street in the
south. Within the vicinity of the site, Cronulla Street is subject to a
speed zoning of 50km/h. It generally consists of a single lane of
traffic in either direction. Timed kerbside parking is permitted
within signposted zones and a pick-up and drop-off zone is
located adjacent to Cronulla Station on the western kerbside.
Surf Lane: a local one-way road that traverses in a north-south direction
between Surf Road in the north and Laycock Avenue in the south.
It accommodates a single lane of traffic in a northerly direction
and generally permits time restricted on-street parking along
both sides of the laneway.
Laycock Avenue: a local road that generally traverses in an east-west direction
between Gerrale Street in the east and Cronulla Street in the
west. It is subject to a 50km/h speed zoning and carries a single
lane of traffic in either direction. Time restricted kerbside parking
is permitted along Laycock Avenue.
Surf Road: a local one-way road that generally traverses in an east-west
direction between Gerrale Street in the east and Cronulla Street
in the west. It is subject to a 50km/h speed zoning and carries a
single lane of traffic in an easterly direction. Time restricted
kerbside parking is permitted along the northern side of Surf Road
and time restricted angled parking is parking is provided along
the southern side of Surf Road.
Gerrale Street a local road that generally runs in a north-south direction
between Elouera Road in the north and Ewos Parade in the south.
Within the vicinity of the site, Cronulla Street is subject to a speed
zoning of 50km/h and carries a single lane of traffic in either
direction. Time restricted kerbside parking is permitted along the
western side of Gerrale Street.
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Figure 3: Road Hierarchy
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3.2 Public Transport
The existing public transport services operating in the locality is illustrated in Figure 4. It is evident
that the site is located within only 30 metres from Cronulla Station which on the T4 Eastern
Suburbs & Illawarra Line. Services from this station extend to the Sydney central business district
via Sutherland.
The site is also within 100 metres walking distance of bus stops on Cronulla Street which are
serviced by the following routes:
969 – Cronulla to Sutherland
971 – Cronulla to Hurstville
985 – Cronulla to Miranda via Woolooware Bay
987 – Cronulla to Kurnell (Loop Service)
988 – Cronulla to Caringbah via Burraneer
Cronulla Railway Station is located approximately 25 metres from site. This station provides
services on the T4 line, connecting the site to the Bondi Junction, Kogarah, Sydney Central
Business District and the wider rail network.
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Figure 4: Public Transport
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4. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
A detailed description of the changes sought to the Sutherland Shire Local Environmental Plan
2015 is provided in the Planning Proposal, prepared separately by City Plan. In summary
approval is sought for the following changes to site specific controls, in order to incentivise
provision of a hotel facility on the subject site:
Increase the Floor Space Ratio from 2:1 to 3.75:1.
Increase the Height of Building from 25m to 50m.
To assess the traffic impacts arising from the Planning Proposal, two concept development
schemes have been envisaged, representing what can be built under current planning
controls and what can be built under the proposed planning controls. These schemes are
referred to as a ‘permissible’ and ‘potential’ development scheme respectively, with yields
summarised in Table 1.
Table 1: Permissible and Potential Development Schemes
Type GFA / No.
Permissible Scheme (2,848m2 GFA based on max FSR 2.0)
Retail (Ground) 1,035m2
Commercial (L1 & L2) 1,813m2
Potential Scheme (5,340m2 GFA based on max FSR 3.75:1)
Hotel
35 rooms
1,656m2 of ancillary hospitality space, including 850m2 of
licenced floor area for patrons.
Commercial 2,295m2, including 1,276m2 of co-working space.
Reference should be made to the indicative concept plans prepared by Innovate Architects
which are presented at reduced scale in Appendix B. These plans show provision for a three
level basement car park accessed from Surf Lane, with capacity for 60 car parking spaces.
The traffic impacts and parking requirements arising from the potential development scheme
are discussed in Section 5 and Section 6, respectively.
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5. TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT IMPACTS
5.1 Permissible Development Scheme (Current Zoning)
5.1.1 Retail Trip Generation
The RMS Guide to Traffic Generating Developments publishes trip generation rates for
secondary retail developments, suitable for small shops and cafes. It recommends a maximum
peak hour trip generation rate of 4.6 vehicle trips per 100m2 gross leasable floor area of retail
space, occurring during the PM peak period on Thursdays. This peak rate does not apply to
mornings, where it is envisaged that traffic generated before 9am would be relatively low and
mostly consisting of staff arrivals. Therefore in adopting an AM peak period rate of a third of
the PM peak period rate, the 1,035m2 gross floor area of retail space in the permissible
development scheme is expected to generate the following traffic during weekdays:
16 vehicle trips per hour during the AM Peak Period (13 in and 3 out); and
48 vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period (24 in and 24 out).
During weekends, the RMS guide deduces from surveys of individual retail sites that the
Saturday peak traffic generation was found to be 126% of the Thursday PM peak period.
Accordingly, during the typical weekend network peak period between 11:00am and 1:00pm,
the 1,035m2 gross floor area of retail space in the permissible development scheme is estimated
to generate the following peak traffic volumes during weekends:
60 vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period (30 in and 30 out).
5.1.2 Commercial Trip Generation
The RMS Technical Direction TDT 2013/04a recommends trip rates for commercial
developments, based on surveys undertaken in 2010. It recommends a summary peak trip
generation rate of 1.6 vehicle trips per 100m2 gross floor area during the AM peak hour 1.2
vehicle trips per 100m2 gross floor area during the PM peak hour. Application of these rates to
the 1,813m2 gross floor area of commercial space in the permissible development scheme
results in the following traffic generation.
29 vehicle trips per hour during the AM peak period (23 in and 6 out); and
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22 vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period (4 in and 18 out).
With respect to weekends, there are no trip rates published for commercial developments.
Activity during Saturdays and Sundays is expected to be very minimal for office uses, which
almost exclusively will accommodate employee uses (in contrast to business premises). When
also accounting for full-time employees typically arriving and departing work outside of the
network peak (11:00am to 1:00pm), traffic generation during weekends is estimated to be no
more than 15% of the weekday AM peak period generation:
4 vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period (3 in and 1 out).
5.1.3 Combined Trip Generation
Accounting for the above retail and commercial components, the permissible development
scheme is estimated to generate the following traffic volumes:
45 vehicle trips per hour during the AM peak period (36 in and 9 out);
70 vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period (28 in and 42 out); and
64 vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period (33 in and 31 out).
5.2 Potential Development Traffic Generation
5.2.1 Commercial Trip Generation
Application of the commercial trip rates published under the RMS Technical Direction (and
weekend assumptions) to the 2,295m2 gross floor area of commercial space in the potential
development scheme results in the following traffic generation:
37 vehicle trips per hour during the AM peak period (30 in and 7 out);
28 vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period (6 in and 22 out); and
6 vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period (5 in and 1 out).
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5.2.2 Hotel (Accommodation)
Neither the RMS Guide to Traffic Generating Developments nor the Technical Direction TDT
2013/04a provide trip generation rates for hotels. Notwithstanding, trip generation rates for
various accommodation developments can vary, from 0.1 vehicle trips per room as surveyed
for a CBD hotel development to 0.4 vehicle trips per hour for a motel, stipulated under the RMS
guide (these rates are inclusive of all users including staff and guests). Accordingly, a peak
hour trip rate of 0.3 vehicle trips per room has been selected for the potential development
scheme. Application of this rate to the 35 hotel accommodation rooms results in the following
traffic generation during both weekdays and weekends:
11 vehicle trips per hour during the AM peak period (6 in and 5 out);
11 vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period (5 in and 6 out); and
11 vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period: (6 in and 5 out).
It is clarified that the above volumes would involve a significant proportion of movements from
taxis (or ride share vehicles) and in itself considered a public benefit.
The adopted trip rate used for assessment is also considered to be conservative, noting the
excellent availability of public transport services. Should the operational details of the hotel be
known closer to submission of a development application, a survey based trip rate could be
adopted from a hotel with similar characteristics.
5.2.3 Hotel (Ancillary Hospitality Area)
The RMS Guide to Traffic Generating Developments recommends the analysis of traffic
generation for a licenced premises type development to be based on surveys of similar existing
food and beverage type hotels, noting:
“Surveys of licensed clubs conducted by the RTA in 1978 indicate that it is difficult
to generalise on their traffic generation because of the diversified nature of clubs.
Traffic generation is affected by such factors as the provision of live entertainment,
gambling facilities, number of members and club location. Behavioural changes
since 1978, such as the introduction of random breath testing, also make such
generalisations more difficult.”
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TRAFFIX has previously undertaken surveys in 2016 surveys for two clubs in Eastwood:
The Eastwood Hotel, situated at 115 Rowe Street; and
The Landmark Hotel, situated at 20 West Parade.
Both clubs have similar site characteristics to the subject site location, being directly adjacent
to or opposite train stations, and within a town centre. It was found that the peak day for
trading activity occurred on Friday (with Saturday being the other surveyed day), where
patronage questionnaires across two separate days revealed an average of 23% of patrons
drove to these clubs.
Hence, in order to estimate the trip generation of the ancillary hospitality space, a floor space
rate of 1 patron per 5m2 has been adopted, which yields capacity for 170 patrons within the
total of 850m2 of licenced floor area. When assuming 10% of patrons to be hotel guests (total
50 guests based on 1.5 people per room) this would reduce to 165 external patrons. Applying
the abovementioned survey based percentage rate results in 38 (external) patrons ordinarily
driving to the site.
It is expected that peak trading for the hospitality space will occur during the day and evenings
(i.e. lunch and dinner), with only staff arriving during the morning. Accordingly, when assuming
a total of six (6) hospitality staff on-site, this component is estimated to generate the following
traffic during weekdays and weekends:
6 vehicle trips per hour during the AM peak period (6 in and 0 out);
38 vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period (19 in and 19 out); and
38 vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period: (19 in and 19 out).
As traffic generation during the evenings is dependent on turnover of patrons, these hourly
volumes may reduce where a longer average stay can be established.
5.2.4 Combined Trip Generation
Accounting for the above commercial, hotel accommodation and hospitality components,
the potential development scheme is estimated to generate the following traffic volumes:
54 vehicle trips per hour during the AM peak period (42 in and 12 out);
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77 vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period (30 in and 47 out); and
55 vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period (30 in and 25 out).
5.3 Net Traffic Impacts
A comparison of the traffic generation assessed for the permissible and potential development
schemes is shown in Table 2.
Table 2: Permissible and Potential Development Traffic Generation
Development Scheme AM Peak Period
Traffic Generation
PM Peak Period
Traffic Generation
Weekend Peak Period
Traffic Generation
Permissible Scheme 45 trips per hour 70 trips per hour 64 trips per hour
Potential Scheme 54 trips per hour 77 trips per hour 55 trips per hour
Difference + 11 trips per hour + 7 trips per hour - 9 trips per hour
The net changes in traffic generating potential for the site under weekday and weekend peak
periods is summarised below:
Weekday AM Peak Period: The potential development scheme will generate an
additional 11 vehicle trips per hour during the AM
peak period over the permissible scheme. This is
considered a modest increase, equating to no more
than an additional vehicle trip being generated
every 5.5 minutes.
The result is attributed to the low trip generating
potential of hotel accommodation and in particular
for hospitality uses, which generate peak trading
activity during lunchtime and evenings only.
Weekday PM peak period: The permissible development scheme will generate
an additional seven (7) vehicle trips per hour during
the PM peak period over the permissible scheme. This
is again considered a minor increase, equating to no
more than an additional vehicle trip being
generated every 8.5 minutes.
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The result is attributed to commercial office
developments generating less traffic during
evenings.
Weekend peak period: The potential development scheme has a net
decrease in traffic of nine (9) vehicle trips per hour
during weekends over the permissible scheme. That
is, there will be one less vehicle trip every 6.5 minutes
during peak periods.
The result is attributed to the extremely minimal
activity of commercial office uses on weekends, with
only the hotel and hospitality uses operating at peak
levels.
Accordingly, the impact of the potential uplift as enabled under the Planning Proposal will
result in a minimal increase in the traffic generating potential of the site over what is permissible
under current planning controls. Indeed, it would be expected that a future development with
a similar amount of commercial floor space will result in less traffic being generated during
weekends.
The land uses and proposed scale enabled under the Planning Proposal is therefore considered
an ideal traffic outcome, noting that the road network is understood to experience similar peak
volumes to weekday conditions, particularly during summer months where Cronulla Beach
draws significant crowds.
It is acknowledged however that a future Development Application for the site will need to
assess the traffic impacts in comparison to the existing development on-site. This will require
further assessment including software modelling of intersections. The final traffic generation for
a future development should consider the amount of parking available, which can directly
influence travel behaviours. An assessment on the appropriate amount of parking is thus
provided in Section 6.
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6. PARKING REQUIREMENTS
6.1 Parking Rates
The site is zoned as B3 and is thus subject to parking controls under Chapter 19 (B3 Commercial
Core Cronulla) under the Sutherland Shire Development Control Plan (DCP) 2015. The
respective parking rates for the potential scheme are summarised in Table 3. No parking rates
are stipulated for hospitality uses in the B3 Cronulla Centre and therefore the general parking
rates under Chapter 36 have been referenced.
Table 3: DCP Parking Rates
Type GFA / No Parking Rate
Hotel Accommodation1
Rooms 35 1 space per 4 rooms
Staff3 8 1 space per 2 employees
Hospitality Space2
All Tenancies 1,656m2 Refer to RMS Guide to Traffic Generating
Development
Commercial Premises1
All Tenancies 2,295m2 I space per 30m2
1 Parking rate adopted for B3 Commercial Core Cronulla
2 General parking rate adopted for general sites under Chapter 36
3 Assumed number of employees
With respect to the parking for hospitality uses, the RMS Guide to Traffic Generating
Developments provides the following advice regarding parking provisions for ‘club’
developments, which are a comparable food and beverage venue:
“Off-street car parking must be provided to satisfy the average maximum demand.
Research has indicated that the demand for parking varies substantially
depending on the type of club and cannot readily be related to building floor
areas or to the membership. The determination of the number of parking spaces
required is therefore based on the characteristics of the proposed development.
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Comparisons must be drawn with similar clubs.” (RMS Guide to Traffic Generating
Developments)
Based on the surveys of the two hotels in Eastwood discussed in Section 5.2.3, it was established
that on average, 23% of patrons drove to these sites, which are in a comparable town centre
environment. It is thus assumed for the purposes of assessment that the parking demands for
the hospitality space is equivalent to this percentage applied to the 90% of the total patron
capacity, after discounting 10% of capacity for hotel accommodation guests.
6.2 DCP Parking Demand
Based on the parking rates in the preceding section, the nominal parking demands generated
by the potential development scheme are outlined in Table 4.
Table 4: DCP Parking Demand
Type GFA / No Parking Rate
Parking
Spaces
Required
Hotel Accommodation1
Rooms 35 1 space per 4 rooms 9
Staff3 8 1 space per 2 employees 4
Hospitality Space2
All Tenancies 170 Patrons
(90% External)
23% of the number of
external patrons 35
Commercial Premises1
All Tenancies 2,295m2 I space per 30m2 77
Total 125
1 Parking rate adopted for B3 Commercial Core Cronulla
2 General parking rate adopted for general sites under Chapter 36
3 Assumed number of employees
It is evident that the permissible development scheme would generate a parking demand for
125 parking spaces under the DCP. In response, the indicative concept plans show provision
for a total of 60 parking spaces and is nominally deficient by 65 parking spaces. This shortfall is
not anticipated to be representative of the actual increase demand for public car parking
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spaces, given the existing 1,035m2 retail development on-site does not provide any on-site car
parking for customers. Based on the retail parking rate of 1 space per 30m2, the additional
public car parking demand over existing conditions is estimated to be 37 car parking spaces
(assuming 80% of retail requirement is customer based).
It is emphasised that the DCP rates are based on historical travel mode characteristics and the
Planning Proposal represents an opportunity to modify travel behaviours by setting an
appropriate amount of car parking for the site. This is discussed in the below section.
6.3 Future Parking Demand
It is understood that the Cronulla Town Centre experiences network traffic congestion during
weekend peak periods, particularly during summer months where Cronulla Beach draws
significant crowds. A large supply of public car parking is available, with over 1,500 parking
spaces available either on-street or within Council operated car parks, as illustrated in their
Parking Map published on the Council website.
Historically, the objectives of the DCP have been to ensure private developments
accommodate their own demands, in order to minimise reliance on these public facilities.
However, planning policies typically evolve for larger town centres that experience congestion,
whereby constrained parking conditions are introduced. This involves either applying
restrictions on public parking or imposing maximum car parking rates for private development.
These methods restrict the availability of parking and therefore can influence travel modes by
reducing the number of car drivers where public transport can be readily accessed.
It is thus considered that a provision of approximately 60 car parking spaces is appropriate for
the potential development scheme for the following reasons:
The site is located directly opposite Cronulla Station, which is also a bus terminal for regional
services. Notwithstanding the very close access to an extensive number of public transport
services, it is located directly adjacent to the pedestrian entrance and en-route to Cronulla
Beach. It therefore may function as a ‘gateway’ to the Cronulla Town Centre where the
hospitality component can attract a higher proportion of patrons arriving by public
transport and as a supplementary destination to patrons already accessing the Town
Centre and beach.
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It is anticipated that the reliance on private car usage will be particularly low for
commercial users. Indeed, the commercial parking rate of 1 per 30m2 gross floor area for
the Cronulla B3 Commercial Core is identical to the general parking rate applicable for the
entire Sutherland Shire local government area and therefore do not reflect the extensive
availability of public transport services.
More than half of the gross floor area for commercial component is allocated as co-
working space (1,276m2). This will involve individual desks being leased as opposed to a
tenancy with floor space, and is intended as an affordable alternative for small start-ups
and sole traders. It is anticipated co-working users will be less likely to require a car parking
space, where consideration can be given to allocating public car share spaces in the
basement for their business needs.
Indeed, Sutherland Shire Council has shown intent to reduce private car usage in their Draft
Integrated Transport Strategy in October 2019, where it is acknowledged that the local
government area has a higher rate of private vehicle use (76% of all trips) than Greater Sydney
and that “dependency on public transport worsens congestion, decreases freight and
efficiency and places further demand on parking”.
In particular, Council’s strategic strategy would change to initiate the use of demand
management rather than a demand satisfaction approach. That is, Council would seek
methods to reduce actual parking demands as opposed to providing additional capacity to
satisfy existing demands. A reduced parking provision for the subject site would therefore assist
in achieving two of the objectives in this policy:
“Increase the current public transport mode share of all daily trips taken across Sutherland
Shire by 35% in 2030”.; and
“To effectively manage parking supply and demand in order to achieve maximum 85% (on
street) and 90% (off street) peak occupancy for time limited parking by 2030”.
It is therefore concluded that the site is an ideal candidate for a future development to
incorporate a reduced parking supply, noting that travel behaviours can be influenced having
regard for the very close proximity of public transport services and with the permissible land
uses being amenable to reduced car dependency. This outcome aligns with Council’s future
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planning policies (Draft Integrated Transport Strategy, October 2019) to manage congestion in
the Cronulla Town Centre.
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7. CONCLUSIONS
In summary:
The Planning Proposal seeks approval to vary the floor space ratio and height of building
controls for the site at 138-142 Cronulla Street, Cronulla. These provisions will incentivise the
provision of a hotel facility, which is a permissible use of the site.
To assess the traffic and parking impacts arising from the planning proposal, a potential
development scheme has been envisaged, comprising of a 35 room hotel with 1,656m2
gross floor area of hospitality space and 2,295m2 gross floor area of commercial space.
When compared to a development scheme permissible under current planning controls,
consisting of retail and commercial space, the potential development scheme was
assessed to generate:
• 11 additional vehicle trips per hour during the AM peak period;
• 7 additional vehicle trips per hour during the PM peak period; and
• 9 less vehicle trips per hour during the weekend peak period.
These are minor volumes and therefore the uplift enabled under the Planning Proposal will
therefore have minimal impact on the traffic generating potential of the site. In particular,
the above land uses can generate less traffic during weekends, which is an ideal traffic
outcome noting that the Cronulla Town Centre experiences high network volumes on these
days.
Under the Sutherland Development Control Plan 2015, the permissible development
scheme has been assessed to generate a requirement for 90 parking spaces. Indicative
concept plans show provision for 60 parking spaces within a three level basement car park.
The reduced provision is considered appropriate as the site (and land uses) is an ideal
candidate to align with Council’s Draft Integrated Strategy by encouraging increase
uptake of public transport services and reducing network congestion.
In light of the above, the Planning Proposal is supported on transport planning grounds, noting
that the uplift enabled by the proposal will have minimal traffic and parking impacts.
APPENDIX A
Photographic Record
View looking east on Cronulla Street towards subject site frontage.
View looking south on Cronulla Street with subject site on left hand side.
View looking west on Surf Lane towards existing site access.
View looking north on Surf Lane with subject site on left hand side.
APPENDIX B
Indicative Concept Plans
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PARKING(13 SPACES)
PARKING(2 SPACES)
PARKING(21 SPACES TOTAL)
HOTEL/COMM. ENTRY
STORAGE
PARKING(1 SPACE)
PARKING(5 SPACES)
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