2022-10-24 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                24 OCTOBER 2022


The condition only applies to the use of the property for short term accommodation and not as a
private residence.


Condition 12
The driveway, including the crossover from Sunrise Road, must be sealed to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Manager Development Assessment.
Applicant’s Representation
It is an unreasonable imposition on the applicant to seal the entire length of the driveway and
crossover access to Sunrise Road.
The applicant agrees to seal the shared entry to Sunrise Road for a distance of 10 metres in
accordance with Council’s standards relevant to rural properties. The sealing of the crossover to
Sunrise Road will provide improved access to all properties who benefit from the easement
including 393, 399, 403 and the subject site 401 Sunrise Road.
It is unreasonable for Council to require the applicant to seal the complete length of the driveway
(in addition to the 6 metres agreed), a length of approximately 100 metres, when:
•     The driveway is utilised by the subject site and three (3) additional properties (393, 399 and
      403 Sunrise Road). As such, any works undertaken, and the associated costs should be
      jointly shared by the property owners who benefit from the sealing and driveway
      improvement; and
•     The use of the dwelling for Short-term Accommodation is of a lessor scale and intensity than
      that of the dwelling being used for permanent residence and occupied 100% of the time. As
      such, is it unfair for the applicant to be burdened with all of the costs associated with the
      sealing of the entire driveway.
It is proposed that Condition 12 of the Decision Notice is amended to read as:
12.   The crossover from Sunrise Road must be sealed for a length of 10 metres to the reasonable
      satisfaction of the Manager Development Assessment or to Council’s relevant standard for
      rural driveways.
Assessment of Representation
Acceptable Outcome AO11.1 of the Visitor Accommodation Code seeks that ‘Visitor
Accommodation is directly accessible from a sealed road or a good standard gravelled road’, and
corresponding Performance Outcome PO11 seeks that ‘Safe vehicular access is provided to and
from the site without adversely impacting on the safety of the road network’.
It is considered that the short term accommodation use will increase vehicle traffic to the subject
site due to the number of guests that can be accommodated at any given time, in turn increasing
the amount of vehicle traffic on the shared access driveway and surrounding roads. The increase
in use of the driveway has the potential to create a greater dust and noise nuisance to the adjoining
properties at 393, 399 and 401 Sunrise Road that share the driveway with the subject site. As
such, it is not considered unreasonable to require the shared access driveway to be improved to
retain amenity for surrounding neighbours and safety of the road network.


Condition 15
The development must be provided with a potable water supply connected to each cabin. The
storage capacity of the potable water supply must be a minimum of 5000 litres per guest. The
storage capacity of the potable water supply must be a minimum of 4000 litres per guest
bedroom/unit/cabin.




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