Planning Report - Boiling Pot brewery

4.0 Planning assessment
4.1      Pre-lodgement
An informal pre-design meeting was undertaken with Council’s Development Planner in June and
September to discuss planning requirements and key issues applicable to this development
application.

Table 4: Summary of key issues
 Issue                     Council response                           Applicant response
 Brewery Use and Retail        Ensure the ancillary retail tasting    The design includes a retail
 Tasting Areas                 areas are no more than 20% of the      tasting area in the western portion
                               total gross floor area of the          of the building which is no more
                               building.                              than 20% of the total gross floor
                                                                      area during daytime hours.
 Carparking                    Ensure adequate parking is Additional carparking spaces are
                               provided for the retail tasting area provided on the site for the retail
                               at a rate of 1 per 10m2 of use area. area at this parking rate.


4.2      Key issues
4.2.1 Industrial / Entertainment & Dining Business Use Split

Although Specific Outcome O187 of the Business Uses Code makes all Entertainment & Dining
Businesses within the Industry Zone inconsistent, Council has recently approved two other Industrial
breweries within the zone, citing that the food and beverage use is ancillary and complementary to
the primary industrial use on-site, and will not cause any reverse amenity issues.

Rather than build a new development on a green field site, this application seeks to use an existing
industrial building and is currently being fitout with industrial brewing equipment. The site is located
on a corner site at the entrance to the ‘service’ industrial areas of Venture Drive/Project Avenue. The
associated retail sales area for brewery tasting is generally compatible with the surrounding business
uses and takes up less than 20% for retail sales during production hours.

The proposed design demonstrates the existing building site has sufficient dimensions to
accommodate the use, associated parking areas, service vehicle provision, storage areas,
landscaping, vehicle access and on-site movement in accordance with recent approvals for
breweries in the area.

4.2.2 Parking

The application proposes to limit the tasting and sales area during the daytime to the 70m2 area in
front of the bar. This is when production staff will be onsite and the back loading areas are being
used for brewing. The applicant will then manager the use of the mezzanine boardroom and from
4pm to midnight to allow for additional use when no staff are onsite for the industrial use.

Fourteen (14) equivalent parking spaces are provided onsite during daytime trading hours (7am-
4pm), and allows for a pantech truck to service the site for deliveries. After 4pm when the production
activities do not require onsite staff or deliveries, the loading area can accommodate another 3 cars


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