12. Code Assessment

Safety and Amenity Table 9.3.4.3 Criteria for assessment (part)




Performance outcomes                               Acceptable Outcomes

All Relocatable home parks, Residential care facilities, Retirement facilities and Rooming
accommodation
Safety and Amenity
PO10                                               AO10                                                  A10 – Complies
The use does not have a significant adverse        Development ensures that where chemical,              The subject premise is of a domestic scale and is
impact on the amenity enjoyed by users of          laundry or cooking odour is released, exhaust         suitably separated from adjoining residences to
adjoining or nearby premises.                      vents are discharged vertically and directed away     avoid any adverse impacts on the existing amenity
                                                   from adjoining sensitive land uses.                   of adjoining residents.
PO11                                                                                                     PO11 – Complies
Safety, security and comfort of residents,         No acceptable outcome provided                        The extension to the hospice building has been
staff, visitors and neighbours is considered and                                                         sensitively designed to ensure the safety, security
incorporated into the design of the facility.                                                            and comfort of the residents, staff and visitors.
                                                                                                         Due to the sensitive nature of the use these design
                                                                                                         features are integral to the nature of the use.
PO12                                               AO12                                                  AO12 Complies
Development is designed to minimise noise          Bedroom windows are at least 3 metres away            No bedrooms are located within 3m of a shared
carrying between dwelling units or                 from shared driveways, car parking areas,             driveway, parking areas or other noisy areas.
accommodation units by locating noise sensitive    mechanical plant, refuse and recycling areas,
spaces such as bedrooms away                       vents and exhausts.
from noise generating areas of the development,
such as car parking areas or mechanical plant
and equipment or recreational facilities.
PO13                                                AO13                                                 AO13 – Not applicable
Development provides for the accommodation          With the exception of a relocatable home park,       The development does not involve independent
needs of users of all ages and abilities at various residential uses that cater for independent living   living. Although, the development does incorporate
stages of their lives, allowing for an optimum      are accessible or able to be made accessible for     areas for individual or personal space and DDA
degree of independence for people with              people with physical disabilities through:           access is provided throughout the premises.