Traffic & Transport
Car Park Management Plans
A car park management plan sets out how a development's parking will be allocated, controlled and operated — so it works day-to-day and satisfies the council.
What it is
A car park management plan (CPMP) is the operational document that explains how parking on a site will be managed once it's built — who uses which spaces, how demand is shared across uses and times, how access and time limits are controlled, and how visitors, deliveries, accessible parking and any overflow are handled. Councils often ask for one where parking is shared between uses, constrained, or a point of concern.
When you need it
You need one where the parking needs active management to work: mixed-use developments sharing spaces between residents, visitors, staff and customers; sites with reduced or tightly balanced parking; sites relying on shared or time-restricted parking; and wherever a council makes a CPMP a condition of permit.
Who requires it
Councils require it as a condition where parking management is material to the approval; developers, owners' corporations, building managers and their planners commission it.
What Arcvia assesses
How parking demand varies across the site's uses and across the day and week; allocation between user groups; shared-parking opportunities; control measures (permits, time limits, signage, access control); accessible and bicycle parking provision; loading and servicing interaction; and enforcement and management responsibilities.
What you receive
A clear car park management plan setting out allocation, controls, responsibilities and operating arrangements — written to satisfy the council condition and to be genuinely usable by whoever will manage the car park.
Standards, guidelines & authorities
Prepared with reference to the relevant planning scheme parking provisions (in Victoria, Clause 52.06 as amended by VC277) and AS 2890.1/.6 for design and accessible parking where relevant, together with the specific council's expectations for management plans. We confirm the applicable references at scoping.
Information we need for your fee proposal
The site plan and parking layout; the mix of uses and their operating hours; the parking numbers and how you intend to allocate them; the council condition (if any); and your timeframe.
Our process
- Scoping — confirm the uses, the parking, and the council's requirement.
- Fee proposal — scope and fee in writing.
- Drafting — set out allocation, sharing and controls.
- Review — issue for your review and adjust.
- Finalisation & support — finalise and respond to council feedback.
Frequently asked questions
It's a document that explains how a site's parking will be run — how spaces are allocated between different users, how sharing and time limits work, how access is controlled, and who's responsible for managing it. It's about operation, not just how many spaces exist.
Usually where parking is shared between uses, tightly provided, or where the council has made it a permit condition. A single-use site with clearly dedicated parking may not need one. We can tell you whether your project is likely to need a CPMP.
A demand assessment justifies the number of spaces; a management plan governs how those spaces are used and controlled. They answer different questions and are often needed together on larger or mixed-use sites.
Sometimes. Where different uses peak at different times (say office by day, restaurant by night), the same spaces can serve both, which can reduce the total needed. We assess whether genuine shared-parking benefit applies to your mix of uses and reflect it in the plan.
Related services
- Car-Parking Demand AssessmentsA car-parking demand assessment works out how much parking your development actually needs — and provides the evidence to support a rate different from the standard planning requirement.
- Traffic Impact Assessments (TIA)A traffic impact assessment is an engineering report that shows how a proposed development will affect the surrounding road network — and what, if anything, is needed to make it work safely.
- Access Design and AssessmentsAccess design and assessment confirms that vehicles can safely enter and leave your site — and designs the crossover, driveway or intersection treatment to make it work.
Sectors & locations
Servicing Victoria and Queensland.
Representative work
Have a project that needs a clear way forward?
Tell us about your site and its parking, and we'll set out the scope and fee in writing.