2022-09-06 Planning & Environment Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                6 SEPTEMBER 2022


            Services
      25.   Underground reticulated electricity and telecommunication services must be provided
            to each lot in accordance with an approval for Operational Works and the standards
            and requirements of the relevant service provider.
      26.   Unless otherwise stipulated by telecommunications legislation at the time of
            construction, the development must be provided with all necessary conduits, pits and
            pipes to accommodate the future connection of optic fibre technology
            telecommunications.
      27.   Certification must be submitted to Council from all relevant service providers (Energex,
            NBN and Unitywater) which certifies that the development has met the requirements
            of this Decision Notice and all applicable legislation at the time of construction.
            Easements
      28.   A 1.5 metre wide easement for stormwater drainage purposes must be registered
            against the title of the property in favour of Lot 2 on RP44101 and be generally in
            accordance with the Stormwater Layout Plan. Fig 1.2 Revision B prepared by
            Callaghan & Toth dated 6 July 2022. The easement must be of sufficient width to wholly
            encompass the drainage infrastructure and extend to the Emerald Street boundary.
      29.   A 2.0 metre wide easement for “Public Thoroughfare” purposes must be registered
            against the title of the property in favour of Council. The easement must be located
            directly adjacent to the eastern property boundary and extend for the full length
            between Wimmers Lane and Emerald Street. The easement must be:
            a. clearly shown on all plans submitted for Operational Works; and
            b. registered prior to the commencement of the use.
      30.   All easements must be designed in accordance with the planning scheme and granted
            at no cost to the Grantee. Where the Grantee is Council or a service authority, the
            easement documentation must be in accordance with the Grantee’s standard
            easement terms. Draft easement documentation must be submitted to Council for
            endorsement.
      31.   All works must be kept clear of any existing or proposed easements on the subject
            land, unless agreed otherwise in writing by the Grantee.
B.    Agree to reduce the infrastructure charges in respect to the impervious area calculation for
      stormwater for the 2m wide public thoroughfare required by condition 27.
C.    Note the report is provided in accordance with Section 63(5) of the Planning Act 2016.


1.    PROPOSAL
The application seeks approval for a Material Change of Use – Office on a vacant site at Cooroy
in the form of a two-storey building. The design provides for a building with a total gross floor area
of 488.5m2 located to the Emerald Street frontage with 23 carparking spaces provided to the rear
and accessed off Wimmers Lane which forms the rear boundary. The ground floor of the building
comprises two offices with a total area of 138.5m2 which are setback 4 metres from the Emerald
Street frontage with the upper level including an office space of 350m 2, a covered balcony and
awning that extends over the footpath.
The building provides a traditional parapet treatment and awning to the Emerald Street frontage
with the rear portion of the building cantilevering over a portion of the carparking.
A major feature of the design includes the provision of a 2.0 metre pedestrian/cycleway along the
eastern boundary that extends from Wimmers Lane to Emerald Street and a 2.0 metre dedication
along Wimmers Lane.


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