MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission Object - Nadine Love

Code Objective                Developer's Assessment         Objectors' Assessment
land uses; and d) not                                        provide adequate separation to
cause an environmental                                       uses; and d) not cause an
nuisance to neighbouring                                     environmental nuisance to the
properties                                                   adjacent School
083 The associated sale       083 Complies                   Does not Comply
of goods, including           The associated sale of good    The Applicants assertion is
foodstuffs, is ancillary to   will remain ancillary to the   unsubstantiated and misleading in
the service station use.      service station use.           the extreme. This assertion is
                                                             simply designed to play down and
                                                             hide the true nature of this venture
                                                             as a retail development. Industry
                                                             data shows that a service station
                                                             without a significant retail
                                                             component is an unviable business
                                                             model.
                                                             The Applicant acknowledges that
                                                             the Shop component is in total
                                                             197m2, the majority, if not all of
                                                             which is available for retail use.
                                                             The Applicant claims, although
                                                             provides no justification for its idle
                                                             assertion, that the retail floor area
                                                             is some 100m2 This means that the
                                                             gross floor area used for the
                                                             associated retail sale of goods is
                                                             more than 50% of the gross floor
                                                             area available in the shop.
084 The layout of the site    S84.1. S85.1 Not               Does not Comply
facilities and vehicular      Applicable                     The Applicant fails to address this
accesses result in                                           Objective of the code. Vehicle
unrestricted vehicle                                         access to and egress from the site
access to and egress from                                    will be severely restricted by
the site.                                                    existing vehicle and pedestrian
                                                             traffic in the area.
085 The use of land for a     S84.1. S85.1 Not               Does not Comply
service station- a) does      Applicable                     The Applicant fails to address this
not impair traffic flow or                                   Objective of the code.
road safety; b) facilitates                                  The proposed service station a)
safe and convenient                                          DOES impair traffic flow and road
movement to and from the                                     safety; b) does NOT facilitate safe
site through the design                                      and convenient movement to and
and arrangement of                                           from the site through the design
vehicular crossovers; and                                    and arrangement of vehicular
c) provides adequate, safe                                   crossovers; and c) DOES NOT




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