2018-11-12 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                              12 NOVEMBER 2018


REPORT
A report on this application was considered by the General Committee on 15 October 2018, and
was subsequently referred to the Ordinary Meeting on 18 October 2018 for further discussion. At
this meeting, it was decided to defer the decision until the November round of meetings to enable
Council officers to enter into discussion with the applicant regarding design options that better
reflect Cooroy’s character and alternative access options relating to the development. The
resolution from the 18 October Ordinary Meeting is as follows:
That Council note the report by the Development Planner to the General Committee Meeting
dated 15 October 2018 regarding Application No. MCU18/0094 for a Development Permit for
Material Change of Use for Multiple Housing - Type 4 Conventional. (4 Dwelling Units) situated at
15 Garnet St, Cooroy and defer the application to a future Council meeting to allow staff to
negotiate with the applicant solutions relating to the character of the built development and the
vehicle access and bring a further report back to Council with the outcome of those negotiations.
Council officers met with the applicant’s consultant and architect on 23 October 2018 to discuss
solutions relating to building design and access arrangements. The applicant’s consultant
indicated that they are supportive of moving the vehicular access point from Garnet Street to
Wattle Street and that they are willing to retain the mango tree. Council’s engineering officer had
initially indicated support for access to Wattle Street due to its status as the lower order road and
the fact that Garnet Street is utilised as a heavy vehicle bypass. However, on review of the
altered access it is considered that changing the access to Garnet Street will not result in any
significant impact on the traffic condition in Garnet Street.
With regard to building design, following discussions the applicant agreed to make some design
amendments to the building and amended plans have since been provided to Council officers.
The amendments to the proposal plans are summarised as follows:
Figure 1 – Access to Garnet St shows the access now from Garnet Street. The area within the
site which was previously associated with the access from Wattle Street is now private open
space area. The plan shows that the mango tree will be retained. Conditions will be included to
address this.




                                    Figure 1 – Access to Garnet St


Figure 2 - Elevations depicts new elevations, particularly to Wattle Street. The amended
elevations show the addition of window hoods on the upper levels (eastern elevation) and a
skillion style roof to provide eaves to the lower levels. The vertical planes to the eastern and
western elevations have been removed.
The development proposes and has been conditioned to provide for landscaping within the site,
including the Wattle and Garnet Street frontages and provide for street trees in the road reserve.


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