Council Report MCU22 0094 · MCU22/0094

approval. Further, the applicant proposes no comparable replacement landscaping elsewhere,
with no vegetation retained on the remainder of the lot, with the lot having been previously cleared.
3.3.3 Major Centre Zone Code
The table of assessment for the Maor Centre Zone details that a childcare use is an inconsistent
use with the Business Park Precinct. The proposed use is clearly not consistent with the Code’s
outcomes specific to the Business Park Precinct which seek that the land facilitates commercial
office space for businesses and a range of professional services including health and wellbeing,
education, research and technology and knowledge-based industries to the exclusion of other
uses, with the exception of a limited number of other uses such as a small ancillary food and drink
outlet.
The table below provides an assessment of the proposal against the built form requirements for
the major centre zone which identifies that the proposal complies apart from car parking which will
be discussed further in section 3.3.5 of the report:

  Criteria                   Planning Scheme                Proposal                      Complies
  Building height
  •   storeys                2 storeys                      1 storey                      
  •   metres                 10 metres                      5.2m                          

  Plot ratio                 0.8:1                          0.25:1                        
  Boundary setbacks
  • Ground Floor             4 metres                       10.539m                       
  • Second Storey            8 metres                       N/A
  • Other Boundaries         3 metres where adjoins         5m                            
                             land zoned Environmental
                             Management and
                             Conservation;
                             otherwise 0 metres             500mm
  • Childcare Centres        3m where adjoins a             N/A
                             residential zone or activity
  Length of wall             15 metres                      15m                           
  Landscaped open space
  •   Minimum Area           15% of site with min           21.8%                         
                             dimension of 2 metres
  •   Average width to       4 metres                       >4 metres however bio      X
      frontage                                              retention basin located in
                                                            setback – discussed below
  Carparking                 35 spaces including 14         31 spaces                     X
                             tandem spaces                  (14 in tandem)
  Bicycle Spaces             10 bicycle spaces              10 bicycles                   
                             5 lockers                      End of Trip facilities        
                             1 shower cubicle with
                             ancillary change room

There are a number of building design, streetscape and landscape outcomes sought to achieve a
high-quality streetscape, and ensure proposals reflect and enhance the streetscape character of
the local area. The applicant seeks to address these outcomes by including some entry arbours
and seating around the edge of the bioretention basin,