2016-08-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      9 AUGUST 2016


A generous 5.8m landscaped setback is provided to the nearest car spaces facing Garnet Street
with a mature eucalypt being retained within this garden. A wine glass shaped median strip garden
will screen the centrally located spaces. The car parking area does not dominate the streetscape
being well screened by a landscaped setback.
The relevant planning provisions for the proposal are identified in Table 1 below:
                            Table 1 – Planning Scheme Parameters

 Criteria                            Planning Scheme            Proposal                Complies
 Site Area                           3035m²                     600m²                   
 Plot ratio                                                     1312 m²                 
 0.8 up to 2,000m²; and              1938.5 m² max              0.43:1                  
 0.3 for the balance over 2,000m²
 Landscaped open space 10% of        303 m² min                 288 m² (9.5%)           X
 site
 Building height
  storeys                          2 storeys max              3 storeys               X
  metres                           8 metres                   9.4 metres              X
 Boundary setbacks
  Frontage - Garnet Street         0 metres min               0.175 metres            
  Frontage – Wimmers Lane          0 metres min               1.5 metres              
  Side - West                      0 metres min               0 metres                
  Side - East                      0 metres min               14.5 metres             

 Carparking                           71 spaces                 74 car spaces           
 Use Area = 1078m² for car                                      consisting of 72
 parking calculation                                            car spaces and 8
                                                                motor cycle
                                                                spaces


 Bicycle Spaces                      13 bicycle spaces          7 bicycle spaces        
 End of Trip Facilities*                                        shown. Sufficient
                                                                space provided in
 *(required only where 5 + spaces
                                                                basement.
 are required)                       End of trip facilities                             X
                                                                End of trip
                                                                facilities


Landscaping
The proposal is deficient of 0.5% (15m²) of landscaping and does not provide 1 canopy tree for
every 4 lineal car spaces as required by the Probable Solutions of the Landscaping Code. The
Code seeks to reduce the visual impact of car parking areas, alleviate urban ‘heat sink’ and to
retain existing mature trees.
While the proposal is deficient of 15m² of landscaping, the majority of landscaping is to the Garnet
Street frontage providing good screening to the car parking. Customer seating and bicycle hoops
are provided near the forecourt entry in a garden setting which also softens any car park impact.
Notwithstanding the above, additional shade trees could be provided in the car park to alleviate
urban ‘heat sink’.



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