Development objection fm DW

Code Objective                    Developer’s Assessment         Objectors’ Assessment

visual amenity and                S80.2 Complies                 this document the Buildings,
streetscape character; c)         Refer Appendix A, Tanker       structures, driveways, tanks and fuel
provide adequate separation       plan.                          bowsers are NOT sited to c) provide
to adjoining land uses; and                                      adequate separation to uses; and d)
d) not cause an                                                  not cause an environmental nuisance
environmental nuisance to                                        to the adjacent School
neighbouring properties

O83 The associated sale of        O83 Complies                   Does not Comply
goods, including foodstuffs,      The associated sale of good    The Applicants assertion is
is ancillary to the service       will remain ancillary to the   unsubstantiated and misleading in the
station use.                      service station use.           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.

O84 The layout of the site        S84.1- S85.1 Not Applicable    Does not Comply
facilities and vehicular                                         The Applicant fails to address this
accesses result in                                               Objective of the code. Vehicle access
unrestricted vehicle access                                      to and egress from the site will be
to and egress from the site.                                     severely restricted by existing vehicle
                                                                 and pedestrian traffic in the area.

O85 The use of land for a         S84.1- S85.1 Not Applicable    Does not Comply
service station— a) does not                                     The Applicant fails to address this
impair traffic flow or road                                      Objective of the code.
safety; b) facilitates safe and                                  The proposed service station a) DOES
convenient movement to                                           impair traffic flow and road safety; b)
and from the site through                                        does NOT facilitate safe and
the design and arrangement                                       convenient movement to and from
of vehicular crossovers; and                                     the site through the design and



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