2016-08-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                         9 AUGUST 2016


The design can be said to address the overall outcomes, in part, in so far as it:
      complies with the zone’s height provisions (2 storeys / 8m);
      steps the building height down toward the northern end of the site;
      provides substantial side boundary setbacks to adjoining residential properties
      provides façade articulation and variation;
      positions the driveway and front building elevation to Goodchap Street to reduce commercial
        activity impacts on residents on Val Crescent; and
      provides landscaping to most of the perimeter of the site.
Overall though, the building is a significant departure from the scale and character of development
anticipated in the zone. The building has a footprint of around 2,000m 2, is of a commercial scale
and appearance, and significantly larger than detached houses in the area.
The table below summarises the development’s level of compliance with the built form provisions
for development in the Detached Housing zone.

     Criteria              Planning Scheme                    Proposal                              Complies
                                                                                                       ?
     Site Area             -                                  4,325m2                                 N/A
     Gross floor area or   No maximum prescribed for the      2,470m²                                 N/A
                           Detached Housing Zone.
     Plot ratio            Indicatively, up to 0.8:1 based    0.57:1
                           on max. site cover
     Site cover            50% max. Ground Floor              53% Ground Floor                         X
                                                              (includes part of the lower parking
                                                              level where it is a storey)
                           30% max. Upper Floor               18% Upper Floor                          

     Landscaped open       Min. 20% softscaping required      787m²                                    X
     space                 where a detached house             18% landscaped area
                           Min. 10 - 15% in Noosa’s
                           commercial and community
                           zones.
     Building height
      storeys            2 storeys max                      2 storeys                                
      metres             8 metres                           8 metres                                 
     Boundary setbacks
      Frontage           6 metres min                       12.4 metres (to Goodchap St)             
                                                              2.08 metres (carpark level               X
                                                              walls to Val Crescent)
     Side                  2.5 metres min                     3.15 metres                              
     Carparking            124 spaces min                     126 spaces                               
                           (Based on GFA of
                           2,470m2 / 1 space per 20m2)




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