MCU16/0036 Development application - 52 Gevers Rd, Black Mountain

MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE APPLICATION FOR 52 GEVERS
ROAD, BLACK MOUNTAIN. IAN & LINDA MCGilLIVRAY.

Please find attached plans and site plans for the MCU for the above address.
The application is for the building of 2 additional buildings on the above property,
a Relatives Dwelling and a Studio/storage building.
The MCU relates to our request to have the 2 buildings more than 25 metres from
the existing dwelling on the property.
The relatives dwelling will be for our 26 year old son to live in. There are a number
of site options around the property but for a number of reasons none of these are
suitable for this building. The land on the southern side of our house is quite
steep and would be difficult to build on and to accessonce the dwelling was built.
It would require extensive earthworks to create level areas for the entrance to
the building and to create car parking space underneath. The area to the
Southwest is flood prone as it is in the overflow area of the dam above it. Directly
to the west of our house is a main accesstrack to the shed and the back of the
property so it is not possible to build here either. To the north and North West of
the house there are a number of Swamp Gum Eucalypts, otherwise known as
"Widow Makers". In the 8 years that we have lived here they have dropped many
large branches with no warning at all. Some of these branches we have estimated
at well over one tonne each and would present a serious safety hazard to any
building and its occupants built near them.
For these reasons we have chosen the site next to the driveway as marked for the
studio and storage room. It would have easy access,would be aesthetically
 pleasing from the road with some minor planting around it but would still be
within easy reach for regular use. It is 50 metres from the front boundary, 13
 metres from the side boundary and SO metres from the existing house.
The Relatives Dwelling we wish to locate next to a previously levelled track above
 the house as marked on the site plan. We think this building as shown would be
 an environmentally responsible building as it would be built from 2 recycled
 shipping containers with a deck between them. The deck would be no more than
the mandatory 3 metres in width from each container being just on 6 metres wide
 at its widest point. There is already a track to the site from the Southern side and
we would only have to do minor track building to access it from the West. Only
 minimal earthworks would be required to create a parking space underneath and
 none for the building itself. We will also be making this building wheelchair
 accessible as it is all on one level and has ramp accessat the front and a parking