MCU25/0118 - APPLICATION FOR MATERIAL CHANGE OF USE FOR MULITIPLE DWELLING - AFFORDABLE RENTAL PREMISES (25 x SMALL DWELLINGS) AT 64 LAKE MACDONALD DRIVE, COOROY · ATTACHMENT 2 - (MCU25 0118) - PLANNING OFFICERS REPORT

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                            10 FEBRUARY 2026


4.3.1 Key assessment criteria
The pertinent issues arising out of the assessment are discussed below:

 Criteria                   Planning Scheme             Proposal                   Complies


 AREA (in accordance with                                                           3,158m2
 RAL25/0004)


 Building height
 •    metres                8 metres NGL                8 metres                      
                            8 metres FGL                                              

 Site cover                 50% / 1,579m2               48.9% / 1,546m2               

 Gross floor area           No    individual   building North block - 766m²           
                            greater than 1,000m2 GFA
                                                        South block - 982m²

 Plot ratio                 0.75:1 max. / 2,368.5m2     0.55:1 / 1,748m2              



 Boundary setbacks

 Frontage
     Lake      Macdonald 6.0 metres min                 11 metres                     
     Drive
     New Road 1                                         5.6 – 7.9 metres              X
     New       Road    2                                3 metres                      X
     (“landscaped   open
     space”)

                                                        3 metres                      
 Side (west)
                            3.0 metres min              3 metres                      
 Side (north-east)
                            3.0 metres min

 Length of wall             30 metres max               Less than 30m                 

 Roof Form
 • Pitch                    Min 5 degrees               8-10 degrees                  

 Landscaping
 Landscaped open space 1,105.3m² min (35%)              < m² (include pathways)       
 Soft landscaping           663.1m2 min 60% of total    1,263m² (excluding swale      
                                                        and elevated plantings)       


 Private open space         GL - 20m² min               9-20m²                        
                                                                                      X