5. Planning Report

                                            Building Suncoast Green


                               AND

O23 All premises and           S22.2 Loading and storage areas are well lit or        Complies - Loading bay is
access routes are clearly      can be locked after hours.                             externally marked and
identifiable to all persons,                                                          provided.
                               S23.1 All premises are identified by the
particularly emergency                                                                Storage areas are contained
                               provision of the street number in a prominent
services personnel.                                                                   inside the proposed building
                               location, preferably near the site entry, (i.e. on
                                                                                      and will be locked after hours.
                               the kerb or letterbox or by signage on the
                               building or site).
                                                                                      Complies- The Proposed
O24 All building entries       S24.1 The number of entrances and exits are            development will have
are designed to be             limited and main building entrances/exits are          signage to depict street
obvious and easily             located at the front of the site, in view of the       number which
identifiable.                  street. Where this is not possible, due to site or     will be easily identified.
                               existing building constraints, a well-defined
                               path is provided to the entrance/exit;                 Complies – Entrances to
                                                                                      both the showroom and
                               AND
                                                                                      administration office are
                               S24.2 All entrances/exits to buildings, are well lit   located to the front of the site.
                               and signed, and signage includes hours of              These can be seen from the
                               operation;                                             street.
                               AND                                                    Complies - Lighting is
                               S24.3 Entrances/exits are located to provide a         provided over all entrances
                               direct link to driveways and carparking areas;         and signage provides hours of
                                                                                      operation.
                               AND
                               S24.4 Recessed doorways are avoided where              Complies – The car parking
                               the recess is of sufficient size to conceal a          area provides direct access
                               person. Where recessed doorways are                    to both the administration
                               unavoidable, measures are used to enhance              office and retail area.
                               safety, as follows—
                                                                                      Complies – The doorways
                               a)    good lighting installed;                         are not recessed.
                               b)    strategically placed mirrors installed;
                               c)    angled approaches provided; or                   Complies - Windows and main
O25 Uses are arranged          d)    Gates which restrict access provided.
within buildings and on                                                               entrances are located facing
sites to enable external       S25.1 Windows and main entrances are                   onto the driveway and parking
areas to be monitored.         positioned to allow for casual surveillance.           area allowing for casual
                                                                                      surveillance.
O26 Communal open              S26.1 Communal open spaces, including                  Complies - An outdoor eating
space, including               congregation and seating areas are situated
congregation and seating                                                              area is located off the north
                               where they are in the line of sight of windows,        end of the retail area and
areas, is located where it     doors and/or balconies of buildings, or can be
can be monitored.                                                                     faces directly onto the
                               seen from a street or other public space.
                                                                                      street.

                                                                                      Complies – The building
                               S27.1 Buildings or structures that are visible
                                                                                      design, external lighting has
O27 Buildings and              from a public street or laneway—
                                                                                      been designed to minimise the
structures are designed        a)    Avoid the use of solid fences and blank          opportunities for vandalism.
to minimise opportunities            walls which attract graffiti. Where solid
for vandalism.                       blank surfaces are unavoidable,
                                     measures in the form of landscaping,
                                     creepers, murals, vandal resistant paint,
                                     etc are used;




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