Minor Change Application_301017

Having regard to the same matters, the proposed pillar sign fronting Walter Hay Drive can be
supported bringing the total number of pillar signs over both allotments to four (4).

        (3)(b) may assess against, or have regard to, the matters that applied when the change
        application was made.

Comment:

Council amended its Advertising Devices Code on 28 October 2016. In summary, the requirements
became more stringent under the amended code. Those amendments particularly relevant to the
subject application are set out as follows (these are the “acceptable solutions”):

All freestanding signs
(a)      do not exceed a maximum height of 5m and a signface area of 4m²;
(b)      ensure that not more than one (1) freestanding sign is erected on any site (including a site
         with multiple occupancy buildings.

Pylon sign
(a)     is mounted as a freestanding structure in a landscape environment;
(b)     is situated at least half its height from any site boundary;
(c)     is designed and treated in such a way that the supporting framework and the back of the
        signface area blend with the surrounding streetscape or field a view; and
(d)     has a maximum thickness not exceeding 75mm per metre of height above ground level;

A strict assessment of the proposed pillar sign would find that it would not meet the maximum
signface area requirement nor the restriction to one freestanding sign per site. The proposed sign
would not meet the setback requirement of half its height either. The remaining criteria are likely to
be able to be met.

It is because of these particularly stringent changes to the Advertising Devices Code that the applicant
has submitted a request to be assessed under the superseded planning scheme. This would limit
Council’s assessment to the previous version of the Code (which was discussed above where the
proposal was found to be supportable).


CONCLUSION

The above assessment has demonstrated that the proposed change can be deemed a “minor change”.
With that, an assessment of this minor change application against the relevant matters set out in
Section 81 of the Planning Act 2016 , concludes that the proposed pillar sign fronting Walter Hay Drive
can be supported.

Should you have any questions with respect to the above, please do not hesitate to contact me direct.

Yours faithfully
PROJECT URBAN



Peter Folker
Director
Email: [email protected]

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