2020-01-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                      13 JANUARY 2020


Criteria                               Planning Scheme          Proposal                  Complies
                                       Precincts B3 and E5
Boundary setbacks                      Hofmann Drive            Hofmann Drive
                                       6m                       Building 1 – 36m          
                                                                Building 2 – 20m          
                                                                Building 3 – 13.2m        
                                                                Building 4 – 1.75m to     X
                                                                4.49m


                                       Commerce Court           Commerce Court
                                       6m                       Building 3 – 19.62m       


                                       South side boundary      2.18m                     
                                       West side boundary       2.96m                     


Carparking                             465 spaces               347 including 8 PWD
                                       ‘Showroom’ calculated    plus                      X
                                       as large format retail   1 taxi/ride share
Bicycle Spaces                         122 bicycle spaces (1    69 bicycle spaces         X
End of Trip Facilities*                per 100m²)               No lockers indicated      X
*(required only where 5 + spaces are   1 locker per 2 bicycle   but could be provided
required)                              spaces and;              as a condition of any
                                                                approval
                                                                It is unclear if shower
                                       1 shower cubicle with    cubicles have been        X
                                       ancillary change room    provided. This could
                                       per 10 bicycle spaces    be conditioned as part
                                                                of any approval.



The proposal complies with the parameters of plot ratio and the quantity of landscaped open
space required by the Planning Scheme. However, these are only one aspect of the built form
and landscaping outcomes the Planning Scheme seeks for the development of the site. Other
issues raised in regard to built form, setbacks, visual amenity, carparking provision and
landscaping are discussed below.
General architectural overview
Council engaged an architect to peer review the overall design and layout of the development.
Council’s consultant architect provides the following appraisal of the development.
The proposed development is a standard mixed-retail format with buildings arranged around an
elongated internal parking courtyard. Vegetated buffers and increased setbacks are employed in
an attempt to screen the development externally.
The buildings create an internal parking courtyard. The attempt to create 2 precincts and breakup
the car parking is reasonable. The design misses an opportunity to create an internally activated
‘street’ to create vibrancy and achieve the Planning Scheme’s requirement (O96) to have parking
in front of buildings and have buildings and landscaping dominant visual features.
Proposed buildings are standard retail format with minimal articulation to long elevations of
Buildings 1 and 2. Revised elevations include punctuations in the elevations for access and
communal gathering spaces which is although subtle is generally supported. These are mostly
positioned at the end of short axes, however they do not align with external connection points (as
shown on Page 1 of Architectural Vision Package) limiting the legibility and the strength of
potential sight lines.



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