2020-10-06 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  6 OCTOBER 2020


REPORT
1.    PROPOSAL
The application proposes to remove a character building within a Heritage Character Area and
develop a new building for use as a medical facility.
In place of the character building a new building is proposed, which is a split level building with a
lower level car parking area with an entrance lobby, lift and toilets and three separate tenancies
located above. The total gross floor area of the proposed building is 968m2, with total use area of
880m2 and site cover of 1020m2.
32 car spaces and 7 motorbike parking spaces are to be provided in the basement car park and
an additional 11 car spaces, 1 motorbike space and an ambulance park are provided external to
the building.
Due to the slope of the site part of the proposed new building will present to the street as low set
and part as high set. The building will have a maximum height of 8m above ground level.
The applicant advises that the building has been architecturally designed to respect and integrate
with the surrounding historical streetscape character….Building elements, materials and finishes
include pitched roofs with custom orb profile, flat sheet cladding with cover battens, linea board
wall cladding, off form concrete to columns and low height entry walls and sandstone cladding to
some external screening. Soft muted colours are proposed.
It is also proposed to reconfigure the 4 lots subject to the application into 2 lots, comprising a
2,252m2 lot fronting Maple Street for the proposed medical centre and an 867m 2 lot fronting Myall
Street containing an existing dwelling.
The applicant has not advised where the character building is proposed to be relocated to.
The applicant has provided the following documentation in support of the application:
 Development Assessment report
 Architectural proposal plans
 Reconfiguration Proposal Plan
 Heritage Impact Assessment
 Landscape Concept Plan
 Noise Report
 Stormwater Management Plan
 Structural Report
 Traffic Engineering report
 Additional information regarding re-use of existing building for medical facility
The following images detail a Locality Plan and plans of the proposed development.




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