34-40 Howick Street South Launceston TAS 7249

Educational and occasional care - kindergarten and playgroup; change of use of existing hall to kindergarten and playgroup (retrospective)

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(Source: Launceston City Council, reference DA0640/2015)

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  1. Susan Wright commented

    I notice the increase in car parking provided for this application (compared to previous application)
    However I would like to make the following points:
    1. these car parking spaces (both those adjacent to the recreation hall and in the accommodation carpark) are already being utilised, so by marking them for Steiner use, it removes them from nurses home residential use. Where are those people to park?
    2. Children arriving at the school are going to be walking directly into the middle of the 4 car parking spaces (there is no footpath to the entrance gate), thereby being put at risk of being hit by cars reversing out and up hill, then turning at the end of French street.
    3. The placement of the disabled parking spot is laughable. (It also is an already allocated parking spot, so there will be one less for others). It is nowhere near the entrance to the hall and is down a very steep slope which is treacherous for able bodied pedestrians at the best of times and worse in winter.

    There is no mention in the revised application regarding the local resident's concerns of traffic congestion in the street. The Lord st/French street junction is narrow and prone to have the corner cut. An increase of possibly 72 extra traffic movements a day (18 children dropped and picked up) will surely impact upon the street. It is a dead end street so everyone coming in has to turn and come out the same way. There is no suitable "turning circle" at the end near St John street so once again children will be walking amongst cars which are reversing and turning to get out of the street.

    The one way steep section of Lord Street is already subject to vehicles travelling against the traffic flow. It is likely this will be flouted more as the number of cars using the area increases. Traffic coming (legally) UP Lord street are blind to the (illegal) cars coming down the street and near misses have occurred.

    Increasing the usage the hall is not sensible in a residential street which is already congested with parking and is a dead end through a tight intersection. The planner's opinion that "there are always traffic problems when schools are in residential areas" should not be accepted, rather it is a reason to NOT put the school in a residential street.

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