2014-11-17 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    17 NOVEMBER 2014


REPORTS DIRECT TO GENERAL COMMITTEE
1                        REQUEST TO CHANGE A CONDITION OF EXISTING APPROVAL FOR A MATERIAL
                         CHANGE OF USE AND RECONFIGURING A LOT FOR 174 DETACHED HOUSING
                         LOTS AT GREENWOOD GROVE, GARNET ST COOROY -132004.240018.A -
                         FURTHER REPORT
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Author                           Senior Development Planner, Denis Wallace
                                 Planning & Infrastructure Department

Index                            ECM / Application / 132004.240018.A
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Attachments                      1.   Applicant’s Response to Outstanding Issues dated 5/11/14
                                 2.   Resident’s Submitted Peer Review dated 6/11/14


BACKGROUND
A report regarding a request to change existing approval 132004.240018 was included as Item 2,
page 6, of the Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda dated 14 October 2014. The item was
referred to the General Committee where a further report was requested addressing issues
associated with the clearing of debris from Cooroy Creek and additional modelling of extreme
flood events.
Further modelling of 100 year ARI and 500 year ARI events was provided by the applicant and
circulated to Councillors on 17 October 2014.
A further report regarding debris removal from Cooroy Creek was included as Item 1, page 3, of
the General Committee Agenda dated 20 October 2014. At its Ordinary Meeting of 23 October
2014 Council resolved:
That Council note the report by the Senior Development Planner to the Planning & Organisation
Committee Meeting dated 14 October 2014 and the further report to the General Committee
Meeting dated 20 October 2014 regarding a request to change existing approval 132004.240018
and defer consideration of the matter to a future Council meeting to allow further consideration
and discussions with the owners of the adjacent properties.
A site meeting was held on 31 October 2014 to allow adjacent residents the opportunity to further
discuss their concerns with the works. Attendees were Cr Bolton, Cr Jurisevic, Cr Pardon, Cr
Wellington, Jane and Dennis Pitman (residents), Glen Frew (developer - PEET), Rob Stewart
(applicant’s hydrologist), Chris Green (applicant’s civil engineer), Brad Downes (applicant’s Civil
engineer) and Denis Wallace (Council planner).
Following the meeting the applicant’s engineer, SMEC Australia provided a written response to
Dennis Pitman’s summary concerns, which he raised at the conclusion of the site meeting. A
copy of the SMEC response is included as Attachment 1 and has also been provided to the
residents.
The residents also arranged a peer review of the applicant’s flood material. The review by Grant
Witheridge of Catchments & Creeks Pty Ltd is included as Attachment 2.
FURTHER REPORT
The residents’ concerns were discussed at length at the site meeting. Some queries were
answered and further responses agreed to for others. The primary issues are:
Access Impacts
The residents were concerned that access to their property will be impacted in some modelled
flood scenarios. The applicant’s previously submitted modelling shows:



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