Development Assessment Report

both streets by including openings,     appropriate address to both Serenity
balconies and architectural features    Close and Banksia Avenue.
to both frontages. Figure AP3-
7A shows corner treatment for
buildings requiring active street
frontages such as Hastings Street,
Thomas Street and Gympie Terrace.

AO14.6                                Performance Outcome
Development consists of small         Refer Development Assessment
separate buildings rather than large  Report.
bulky buildings with no more than six
units attached in one plane.

AO14.7                                  Performance Outcome
Buildings incorporate both vertical     Refer Development Assessment
and horizontal articulation such that   Report.
no unbroken elevation is longer than
15 metres without a change in plane
of at least 750 millimetres.

AO14.8                              Complies
Subtle changes in colours, textures The design includes subtle changes
and materials are used to break up  in colours, textures and materials.
the building facades and complement
the natural environment.

AO14.9                                  Complies
On site development incorporates        The development proposes frontage
landscaping in front building           landscape that will complement and
setback areas and footpath areas        enhance the existing character of the
that is in character with existing or   site locality.
planned streetscape themes.

Editor's note—refer to figure AP3-
5A for example of landscape
treatments.

AO14.10                                 Complies
Waste storage areas, clothes drying     Waste, storage and services are
areas, letter boxes, detached           located in the basement.
carports and external storage areas
are sited and designed to
complement the architecture and
landscaping of the site.

AO14.11                                 Not Applicable
For a dwelling house, development       The proposal does not include
provides visual interest to the street  a dwelling house.
and the surrounding area through:
(a) limiting the vertical distance
    between the ground and the
    lowest suspended floor to no
    more than 3 metres;
(b) limiting the length of any external
    wall in one plane to 15 metres;
    and
(c) ensuring each external wall
    includes at least two design
    elements such as verandahs,
    external stairs, window
    openings, awnings or porches.