Development objection fm DW

Code Objective                 Developer’s Assessment           Objectors’ Assessment

located in the Industry        use in this zone. The proposed   component of the service station
Zone…                          shop (Retail Type 2) while not   business model without which the
                               listed as a consistent use, is   proposed service station business
                               ancillary to the proposed        model is un-commercial and,
                               service station, therefore is    therefore, the Shop is in all respects
                               considered to be compatible.     an incompatible use and any
                                                                exemption in this case is untenable
                                                                for reasons set out elsewhere in this
                                                                document.
O188 Uses are                  O188 Complies                    Does not Comply
predominantly of an            It is considered that the        It is evident that the proposed
industrial nature ordinarily   proposed use is                  Development is not in any way of an
expected in an industrial      predominantly of an industrial   industrial nature nor is it an ancillary
estate with ancillary uses     nature.                          use compatible with industrial
compatible with industrial                                      businesses.
businesses.                                                     Service stations are ordinarily located
                                                                in areas of high commercial activity
                                                                and large volumes of passing traffic.
                                                                Service station facilities located in
                                                                industrial parks with no access to
                                                                non-industrial traffic would in no way
                                                                support a viable business.
                                                                The current proposal is simply an
                                                                attempt to take advantage of an
                                                                inadvertent zoning of the Property in
                                                                the industry zone and the
                                                                Development is not in any way of a
                                                                nature ordinarily expected in an
                                                                industrial estate or an ancillary use
                                                                compatible with industrial businesses.
O196 Industrial development    O196 Complies                    Does not Comply
is conducted in an             All measures to ensure that      The Application fails to address in any
environmentally responsible    environmental values are not     credible detail how the Development
manner, operating without      compromised have been            can operate without deleterious
deleterious impacts on         incorporated                     impacts on the immediate,
immediate, surrounding or                                       surrounding or downstream
downstream communities,                                         community, being the School. In
environments and                                                particular the Application provides
environmental processes.                                        mere opinion, without recourse to
                                                                validating the credentials or expertise
                                                                of those making them, and fails to
                                                                address the potential impacts on the



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