Planning Report

and sited to—                                5.5m from the front boundary where          frontage.
a) provide for resident and visitor          garage doors are staggered 1m from
parking;                                     each other in relation to the frontage
b) visually integrate with the building      AND
and to not dominate the street front;        S37.2 Garages present a minimum             Complies
c) allow opportunity for landscaping to      width to the streetscape (the total width   The garages do not face the street
screen vehicle parking and manoeuvring       of garage doors is no more than 6m or       frontages.
areas;                                       50% of the frontage width, whichever is
d) minimise the number of driveway           the lesser, where the structure faces the
accesses; and                                street)
e) allow safe and efficient access to and    AND
egress from the premises.                    S37.3 Where multiple double garages         Complies
                                             are included garages are stepped back a     The garages do not face the street
                                             minimum of 600mm from each other, in        frontages and are accessed from the
                                             relation to the frontage or are separated   rear of the site.
                                             by at least 2m;
                                             OR
                                             S37.4 Garages that are visible from,        Complies
                                             but do not face the street, include         The garages do not face the street
                                             windows or other articulation and have      frontages.
                                             a 6m vegetated buffer between the
                                             structure and the road frontage.
                                             AND
                                             S37.5 Where located on the major road       Not Applicable
                                             network or a collector street, vehicles     Grant Street is a local street. However
                                             are able to enter and exit the site in a    an access arrangement which allows
                                             forward gear through a 3-point turn         vehicles to enter and exit the site in
                                             maximum;                                    forward gear is proposed.
                                             AND
                                             S37.6 The development provides for          Complies
                                             shared driveways to minimise the            A shared driveway is proposed.
                                             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 walls are setback     Complies
O38 Front fences and          walls   are    an average of 1 metre and are               Any front fences or walls will be setback
designed and sited to—                       articulated to provide visual interest by   and average of 1m.
a) contribute to the attractiveness of the   stepping the design at maximum 5m
street;                                      intervals.
b) be compatible with the existing           AND
streetscape character;                       S38.2 The area of land between the          Complies
c) relate to the architectural period of     fence and the front property boundary       The area between any fencing and the
the building;                                shall be densely landscaped to screen       front boundary will be landscaped.
d)     avoid   interference    with    the   any fencing from the street.
movement of surface stormwater;              AND
e) allow for casual surveillance from the    S38.3 Any fencing on the boundary           Complies
street or where premises adjoin part of      which is not screened by vegetation is      Any fencing on the boundary not
the major road network, mitigate traffic     either less than 1.2m high or of an open    screened by vegetation will not exceed
noise;                                       construction.                               1.2m in height.
f) provide for planting in front of high
solid fences and walls; and
g) ensure planting between the front
fence and the footpath does not create
an impediment for pedestrians using the
footpath.