MCU14/0056 - Town Planning Report

                                                                                                       town planning
                                                                                                              report

                                                                                 Business Uses Code
Specific Outcomes                                         Acceptable solutions (if self-assessable) Probable                        Compliance
                                                          solutions (if code assessable)

                                                          goods for sale does not exceed 20%.
Table 14-15 Service Station
14.25 Effects of use

Siting                                                    S76.1 The service station is located in a Commercial zone, on a site      Complies – Myall Street is a Major Road identified on
O76 Service stations are located only where they are      fronting part of the major road network; OR                               Schedule 5 Map 1. The proposed service station is
compatible with the existing and proposed amenity and                                                                               located well back from the boundaries of the site and
development of a neighbourhood and where they are                                                                                   noise impacts are considered and mitigation measures
appropriate given the existing or likely future traffic                                                                             identified within the attached acoustic report.
movements in the area.
                                                          S76.2 The service station is co-located with, or adjoining, shopping      Complies – this proposal is a mixed use development
                                                          facilities or established business development.                           including complementary uses on a large lot. A traffic
                                                                                                                                    assessment concludes that subject to road
                                                                                                                                    improvements at the entrances to the site the proposal
                                                                                                                                    will operate satisfactorily.
O77 Service stations are sited and designed for           S77.1 Publicly accessible parts of the service station including the      Able to comply
maximum surveillance from adjacent streets and other      point of sale and the entrance to any external toilets are well lit and
activities                                                clearly visible from areas of activity within the site (such as petrol
                                                          pumps) as well as from adjacent uses and the street.
O78 The site is large enough to accommodate the           S78.1 The site has—                                                       Complies. The site is well in excess of the minimums
service station and associated carparking, accessways     a) an area of a least 1,500m2;                                            listed.
and landscaping.                                          b) a frontage of at least 40m; and
                                                          c) where a corner site, a frontage of at least 30m to each road to
                                                          which the site has frontage.
Neighbouring amenity                                      S79.1 Where located within 150m of a residential use or land              Complies – A landscape buffer and a 4-5m high
O79 Service stations ensure the amenity of neighbouring   included in a residential zone—                                           acoustic barrier is provided to Ferrells Road in
residential areas is protected.                           a) buildings are constructed of non-reflective material, including        accordance with this code to ensure the amenity of
                                                          concrete, brick or timber; and                                            neighbouring residential areas is protected. Building
                                                          b) a landscaped area , a minimum of 2m, is provided along the             materials able to comply.
                                                          property boundary to any road; AND




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