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5.1.2.3 Acceptable Outcome AO12.1(b) – Side Setback
35. The proposal delivers a built to boundary garage on the site’s northern side boundary, Acceptable Outcome
     AO12.1(b) dictates this to be a non-compliant outcome in not delivering a 1.5 metre side setback, see
     Figure 11. Notably this outcome is an alternate provision to the QDC MP1.3 that allows the utilisation of
     built to boundary where the structure is a garage, understanding that the provided outcome is compliant
     against the QDC the changes deliver compliance against the Medium Density Residential Zone Code and
     Performance Outcome PO12.

36. The garage is provided as a key part of the proposed additions to the development in allowing for Unit 2 to
    deliver two car covered parking spaces that are accessed via a dedicated driveway, along with buffering
    the site’s POS and in doing so significantly increasing the level of amenity for users. The garage itself is
    delivered without windows so as not deliver opportunities for privacy impacts, particularly with the upper
    floor balcony delivering a 1.5m vegetation buffer, thus not allowing for an impactful degree of overlook. Is
    of an increased bulk and scale, as consistent with the medium density residential zone and the large
    dwellings and buildings that surround the property, noting that the development is articulated for visual
    amenity such that setback non-compliance does not deliver an inconsistent visual aesthetic (Figure 12).

37. With providing a greater degree of on site amenity for Unit 2 along with delivering no inconsistent amenity
    impacts upon adjoining properties the proposal is compliant against Performance Outcome PO12.




     Figure 11 Proposed side setback non-compliance (DCM Building Design 2022)




     Figure 12 Streetscape façade with BTB Garages (DCM Building Design 2022)




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