Stockwell RFI Response Letter Final 22.12.21 · MCU21/0175

Guidelines (Water by Design, 2014). Greater consideration should be given to the use of at-source
bioretention devices within the car parking areas.

Our Response:

Please refer to the attached Appendix C – Civil Engineering Cover Letter by MPN Consulting. The letter
states that all bio-retention basins are to be fully planted out with shrubs (to screen retaining walls)
and grasses between 6-8sqm (1-1.5m tall) to ensure an integrated landscape solution with the front
entry buffer landscaping. Further, tubular balustrades have been provided for additional safety to
vehicles to be screened with shrubs from the entry road. Basin 3 is proposed to have landscape batter
to the southern boundary to integrate into the adjacent planting.


Council Item 6: Roof-water Issue

Information Required:

Demonstrate how roof-water harvesting and reuse has been incorporated into the design consistent
with PO2 and AO2.2 of the Sustainable Building Design Code. Water balance calculations should be
provided to justify the size of any storages proposed, based on the yield generated from the roof areas
and the anticipated demand from non-potable fixtures.

Our Response:

Please refer to the attached Appendix C – Civil Engineering Cover Letter by MPN Consulting. The letter
states that the proposed development has limited requirement for toilets and the landscaping has been
designed to be self-sufficient post establishment. A RFI response letter from Place Design Group has
also been provided in Appendix D – Landscape Code Response Letter, which provides additional details
regarding the low-maintenance requirements of the landscaping.




Council Item 7: Carparking

At Council’s standard parking rates, the development would need to provide 97 parking spaces (2675m2
showroom @ 1 space per 50m2 and 1300m2 of office @ 1 space per 30m2 = 96.8 spaces). The proposed
parking provision is for 91 car parking spaces and 13 motorcycle spaces.

The driveways and parking code allows, where appropriate, for motorcycle parking to be counted
toward the parking provision requirement at a rate of 4 motorcycle spaces per car space, up to a
maximum of 4 car parking spaces. Using that provision, with 13 motorcycle spaces, the car parking
provision increases to 94 spaces. In relation to the “where appropriate” aspect of counting motorcycle