Town Planning Assessment Report (1)

                                                                                 building height and bulk
                                                                                 to a minimum as the site
                                                                                 falls away from the
                                                                                 frontage;
                                                                            ●    The proposal presents as
                                                                                 two storeys when viewed
                                                                                 from Plover Street.


                                                                            Complies with AO7.2
                                     AO7.2
                                     Where excavation is required, the
                                     maximum portion of the exposed
                                     external façade of the building
                                     cannot exceed 8m in building
                                     height.

                                     Editor's note—refer      to   Figure
                                     AP3-13A

                                     Alternative provision to the QDC
Site cover and gross floor area      AO8.1                                 Alternate         Solution     -
PO8                                  Site cover of all buildings and Partially Compliant
Development:                         structures on site does not exceed: The development proposes a
                                                                           Lower Level site cover of
1.       is of a scale compatible 1.         for a single storey building
                                                                           43%, a Main Level site cover
with surrounding development and – 50%;                                    of 42.9% and an Upper Level
the particular circumstances of the 2.       for a building of 2 storeys – site cover of 13%. Despite this
site;                                1.      50% for one of the storeys; non-compliance, the proposal
2.       has a low site impact to and                                      is considered to achieve
maximise the opportunity to retain 2.        30% for the other storey; compliance with PO8 in the
site characteristics, such as native or                                    following ways:
vegetation and natural landforms;
                                     3.      40% for both storeys.
3.       allows the opportunity to Editor's note—refer to Figure ● Due to the sloping nature
provide soft landscaping between AP3-9A                                        of the block to the rear of
buildings;                                                                     the site, the Lower Level is
                                                                               not visible from the street.
4.       does     not     present an
                                                                               As such, the proposal
appearance of bulk to adjacent
                                                                               appears as a double storey
properties, roads or other areas in
                                                                               development when viewed
the vicinity of the site.
                                                                               from the street frontage.
                                                                               From the side, and as
                                                                               demonstrated in the 3D
                                                                               Diagrammatic, only a small
                                                                               slither    of    the    side
                                                                               elevations present as three
                                                                               storeys;
                                                                            ● The development proposes
                                                                               31% of landscaping across
                                                                               the site, and proposes a
                                                                               planter on the Upper Level
                                                                               along the front and side



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