ASTP-Resp-To-FA · 51988.2764.01

RESPONSE
Please refer to the revised Proposal Plan prepared by Essess Building Design in Attachment 1. Please note that
the revised design includes the following:
           Relocated carport to achieve a complying side setback of 1.5m;
           Revised front setback to carport of 4.063m;
           Inclusion of a 1m wide landscape strip to frontage, noting that current site comprises a 800mm wide
           gravel section behind the front fence; and,
           Revised front fencing outcome such that the 1m wide front landscape strip adjoining the visitor car
           park will be visible from the streetscape.

As stated in the lodged Town Planning Report, and shown in Figure 1 below, several sites along Orient Drive
contain enclosed garages and carport structures directly on the front boundary. Further, a number of properties
comprise buildings and structures (including carports) within 4 metres of the front setback. It is noted that
Council have acknowledged this precedent in the street but also highlight that a many of those sites are
constrained by slope, necessitating the need for a reduced front setback. Whilst the subject site is not
constrained by slope, the buildings and structures with reduced front setbacks highlighted below form part of
the character of the street and the reason for their existence is largely irrelevant. As such, irrespective of the
reason for the location of buildings and structures on the below sites, the predominant character of the street
is represented by a built form encroachments to the front setback of premises adjoining Orient Drive.




Figure 1 Orient Drive - Location of sites with reduced front setbacks (Source: QLD Globe & ASTP 2022)



In summary, the proposal suitably complies with PO12 of the Code as the reduced front setback of 4 metres is
consistent with the predominant character of the surrounding area.

It is further highlighted that the revised design maintains the front fence that screens the existing garage from
the street. With the proposed carport being unenclosed and therefore comprising less bulk than the existing
garage, the front fence will suitably screen the majority of the carport structure from the street. The proposal


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