2017-02-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              13 FEBRUARY 2017


      Easements
38.   Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the relevant service provider, any public or third party
      infrastructure located on the subject site must be placed within an easement registered
      against the title of the property.
39.   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.
40.   All works must be kept clear of any existing or proposed easements on the subject land,
      unless agreed otherwise in writing by the Grantee.
      Earthworks and Retaining Walls
41.   All excavation/filling and associated retaining structures must be undertaken in accordance
      with an Operational Works approval, and contained entirely within the subject site unless
      written permission from the respective landowner(s) is provided to Council.
42.   All retaining walls must be designed and constructed in accordance with the planning
      scheme and must be certified by an RPEQ where exceeding 1.0m in height. All retaining
      walls that are publicly accessible and exceed 1.0m in height must be fitted with a
      commercial grade safety fence.
      Damage to Services and Assets
43.   Any damage caused to existing services and assets as a result of the development works
      must be repaired at no cost to the asset owner at the following times:
      a.   where the damage would cause a hazard to pedestrian or vehicle safety,
           immediately; or
      b.   where otherwise, upon completion of the works associated with the development.
      Any repair work which proposes to alter the alignment or level of existing services and
      assets must first be referred to the relevant service authority for approval.

REPORT
A report on this application was considered by the Planning & Environment Committee meeting
on 7 February 2017. Officers advised at the meeting that further amended plans had been
received from the applicant seeking to address the conditions in the recommendation which
require changes to the development plans. Officers advised at the meeting that a further report
would be prepared for the General Committee meeting providing an appraisal of these further
amended plans and revision to the recommendation where appropriate.
The further amendments to the plans include the following changes:
    Increased setback of the car park structure to the corner of Pelican and Doonella Streets to
      allow deep planting of large feature trees to assist in further breaking up the length of the
      car park podium to the Pelican Street frontage.
    Setting back the landscape planter boxes proposed on the car park podium immediately
      adjacent the approved building.
These amendments address recommended conditions 8 and 9 and the plans demonstrate that
these further amendments assist the building’s street presentation. Further conceptual
landscape strategy plans have also been submitted demonstrating the intended landscape
treatments to screen the car park podium. These landscape plans show that the car park podium
will be mostly screened, including cars parked at the podium level. It is noted also that the car
park podium will extend above the footpath level over 1m in height for a length of approximately



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