Planning Report · MCU17/0027

                                                           the     street,    include
                                                           windows        or     other
                                                           articulation and have a
                                                           6m vegetated buffer
                                                           between the structure
                                                           and the road frontage.
                                                           AND S37.5 Where
                                                           located on the major
                                                           road network or a
                                                           collector            street,
                                                           vehicles are able to
                                                           enter and exit the site
                                                           in a forward gear
                                                           through a 3-point turn
                                                           maximum; AND S37.6
                                                           The          development
                                                           provides for shared
                                                           driveways to minimise
                                                           the number of access
                                                           points, except on sites
                                                           with more than one
                                                           street frontage, where
                                                           garages or carports in
                                                           the development front
                                                           separate streets.
Front fences and walls                                     S38.1 Front fences or           Complies
O38 Front fences and walls are designed and sited to—      walls are setback an            The front fencing will be
a) contribute to the attractiveness of the street; b) be   average of 1 metre and          in keeping with the
compatible with the existing streetscape character; c)     are      articulated       to   character               of
relate to the architectural period of the building; d)     provide visual interest         surrounding
avoid interference with the movement of surface            by stepping the design          development and will be
stormwater; e) allow for casual surveillance from the      at     maximum           5m     articulated to provide
street or where premises adjoin part of the major road     intervals. AND S38.2            visual     interest     by
network, mitigate traffic noise; f) provide for planting   The area of land                stepping the design at
in front of high solid fences and walls; and g) ensure     between the fence and           maximum 5m intervals.
planting between the front fence and the footpath does     the     front     property      Fencing will not exceed
not create an impediment for pedestrians using the         boundary        shall     be    1.2 metres in height.
footpath.                                                  densely landscaped to           The area between the
                                                           screen any fencing              fence and the front
                                                           from the street. AND            boundary       will    be
                                                           S38.3 Any fencing on            densely landscaped to
                                                           the boundary which is           screen any fencing from
                                                           not      screened         by    the street. Landscaping
                                                           vegetation is either less       will    provide     visual
                                                           than 1.2m high or of an         interest to the site’s
                                                           open construction.              frontage.




November 2016 – G and M Robertson