Town Planning Report_FINAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLANNING REPORT ............................................................................................................................. 2
          Executive summary ................................................................................................................. 5
           1.1        Site details...................................................................................................................... 6
           1.2        Application details .......................................................................................................... 6
           1.3        Applicable legislation ..................................................................................................... 7
           1.4        Definition of use ............................................................................................................. 7
           1.5        Level of assessment and public notification ................................................................... 7
           1.6        The proposed development ........................................................................................... 8
           1.7        Referral agencies............................................................................................................ 9
           1.8        Supporting specialist reports and documentation ......................................................... 9
          Site in context ....................................................................................................................... 10
           2.1        Land use and area classification ................................................................................... 10
                      2.1.1            Development site ....................................................................................... 10
                      2.1.2            Surrounding Locality................................................................................... 11
                      2.1.3            Surrounding development ......................................................................... 12
           2.2        Site and environment description ................................................................................ 13
                      2.2.1            Topography and drainage patterns ............................................................ 13
                      2.2.2            Ecological mapping..................................................................................... 13
                      2.2.3            Local mapping ............................................................................................ 13
                      2.2.4            Waterways, wetlands, flooding and acid sulfate soils ................................ 14
                      2.2.5            Site contamination ..................................................................................... 14
                      2.2.6            Heritage...................................................................................................... 14
           2.3        Access and mobility ...................................................................................................... 14
                      2.3.1            Vehicular access ......................................................................................... 14
                      2.3.2            Pedestrian, cycle and Public transport ....................................................... 14
           2.4        Infrastructure/local government infrastructure plan ................................................... 15
                      2.4.1            Services ...................................................................................................... 15
                      2.4.2            Local government infrastructure plan ........................................................ 15
          Site history ............................................................................................................................ 16
           3.1        Prelodgement meeting ................................................................................................ 16
           3.2        Landuse history ............................................................................................................ 17
          The development proposal .................................................................................................... 18
           4.1        Use definitions ............................................................................................................. 18
           4.2        Proposal details ............................................................................................................ 18
           4.3        Built form ..................................................................................................................... 19
           4.4        Building scale and bulk ................................................................................................. 22
           4.5        Plot Ratio ...................................................................................................................... 24
           4.6        Landscaping.................................................................................................................. 26

PLANNING REPORT – Revision A                                 May 2023                                                                       P a g e |3