Town Planning Report - Lake Macdonald Drive, Cooroy (Coast2Bay) · MCU25/0118

REPORT



Performance outcomes                                                Acceptable outcomes
Housing Choice
PO8                                                                 AO8
Housing choice is facilitated through provision of                  Residential development is limited to:
communal housing models, accessible housing,                            (a) Community Residences; or
affordable rental premises and if for a Relocatable                     (b) Rooming accommodation such as residential
home park or Retirement facility includes small                             hostels; or
dwellings and affordable housing.
                                                                        (c) Residential care facilities; or
                                                                        (d) Affordable rental premises; or
                                                                        (e) Relocatable home parks or retirement villages
                                                                            where entirely small dwellings and at least 50% of
                                                                            dwellings are affordable housing.

Compliance Statement
The proposal is for a Multiple Dwelling, being ‘Affordable Rental Premises’, comprising 25 small dwellings.
Performance outcomes                                                Acceptable outcomes
Height
PO17                                                    AO17.1
Buildings and other structures:                         Within urban boundaries buildings and other structures are
(a) are low rise and have a visual bulk and             no more than 8 metres in building height.
      architectural scale consistent with the character
      of the area                                       AO17.2
(b) do not visually dominate the street and             Outside of urban boundaries buildings and structures are no
      surrounding spaces;                               more than 8 metres in building height, providing that they
(c) preserve the amenity of surrounding                 may be up to 9 metres where the pitched roof but no other
      development including privacy, views and access part of the building or structure exceeds 8 metres.
      to sunlight to residential dwellings;
(d) respect the scale of the surrounding vegetation, AO17.3
      maintaining a vegetated skyline;                  The exposed portion of the external elevation of the building
(e) have a maximum building height of two storeys; cannot exceed or appear to exceed the respective building
      and                                               heights in AO17.1 and AO17.2.
(f) elevations do not appear to visually exceed two
      storeys when viewed from the surrounding area.

Compliance Statement
As illustrated by the sections provided in Section 3.3 and extracted from the proposed Architectural Plans
provided at Appendix B of this report, the proposed development has been designed to ensure compliance
with the maximum 8 metres height limit, measured from ground level.
The aforementioned sections show both the existing ground level and the legally altered ground level to the
purpose of illustrating that compliance with the 8-metre height limit will be maintained after the site levels
have been lawfully altered pursuant to the design approved under OPW25/0057.
As illustrated by the perspective image included at Figure 5 of this report, landscape treatments are
proposed in proximity to the eastern elevation that will present to the new entry street to ensure that the
exposed portion of the external elevation of the building does not appear to exceed 8 metres.
With respect to preserving the amenity of surrounding development, reference is made to Site Sections 01 –
03 included in the Architectural Plans provided at Appendix B which illustrate the separation distance
achieved between the proposed development and the existing residences in Dianella Court, at various
intervals along the new road frontage. These separation distances will ensure that the privacy of existing
residents is maintained, while also ensuring that their views and access to sunlight are not compromised.




AU213016247 | Development Application for a Material Change of Use to establish a Multiple Dwelling (Affordable Rental Premises) comprising 25
dwellings | 1 | 29 September 2025
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