Ah carparking – the thorn on the rose that is surgery design… Lol;-)! I never imagined that I would have to be involved in carparking layouts when I studied ‘interior’ design!
Anyway, there it is! Parking requirements are under your local council authority in Australia and each council has their own interpretation of the guidelines. Dental surgeries often require relatively hefty numbers of bays.
I’ve just completed a floorplan and carparking layout for a change of use from residential to medical/consulting rooms. It is an existing two storey house – both floors are 130sqm. The lower floor will have four surgeries and upstairs will be sub leased as offices.
The council required:
- four bays per dentist (= 
- one bay per dental staff (= 5)
- four bays per 100sqm of office space (ie upstairs) (we put in 4, but council may request another 1 or 2)
- one of these must disabled access
Another recent project needed five bays per surgery (inc one disabled bay)
And another didn’t require any parking as part of the submission as the space was part of an existing medical centre.
Yet another required 13 bays but we could only fit six… The council took into account that there was a shopping centre and a bus station across the road, but I think their was some money paid in leiu to the council.
So, as you can see each council is different – give them a call if you are looking at new premises!
I would love to hear about you carparking experiences – leave a comment!
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