planning report reinhardt · MCU18/0100

                                     Pivotal Perspective Pty Ltd
The relevant corresponding outcomes seek for buildings to be appropriately designed and maintain
the visual continuity within the street - with class 10a (garages) not visually dominating the street.
Considering the significant slope of the site away from the street, it is recognised many of the houses
on this side of the street have constructed garages close to the boundary to ensure appropriate
garage grades are maintained for vehicle access. The adjoining house to the south at 14 Plover
Street includes a carport setback 3m from the front boundary.
The design uses appropriate horizontal timber materials for the garage door and vertical concrete
panels, which frame the building façade and appropriately addresses the street. The garage is
located along the southern boundary frontage with the design incorporating the existing pandanus
and substantial landscaping along the north western property boundary. This results in the building
façade partially screened with landscaping to match in with the coastal setting.
The design response prepared by Tim Ditchfield Architects to the sloping site provides for a well-
considered response – matching in with the visual continuity of the coastal streetscape. The frontage
can be finished with appropriate landscaping incorporating existing and supplementary coastal
plantings consistent with the landscape setting. The front setback encroachment is appropriate and
meets the corresponding Specific Outcomes of the Detached House code.


4.2.3 Coastal Protection Overlay
The Overall Outcomes of the Natural Resources Overlay seeks for development within the Coastal
Protection Area to not adversely impact upon natural coastal processes, and shall be designed to
protect the visual amenity enjoyed by users and others. To achieve the Outcome, the relevant
Probable Solutions S18.1 and S19.1 of the Overlay code requires a minimum 5m of landscaping
along the seaward boundary to provide a buffer to protect the dunal system and character of the
beachfront.
The site is located approximately 200m inland of the Mean High Water Spring with a contour of 17m
AHD at the Plover Street frontage, and 7m AHD at the coastal edge of the site. The design includes
a 6m landscaping setback to the rear property boundary with a 1m overhang for a deck from the
main living level. The existing vegetation within the back 6m of the site includes coastal species
suitable to sandy soils on the secondary dune.
Considering the large vegetated setback to the beach and the development complying with the
height, site cover and coastal setback provisions - the proposed design will not interrupt the natural
cycles of erosion and integrates with the existing skyline so that the development will be largely
hidden from the beach. The proposal is therefore consistent with the relevant Specific Outcomes of
the Natural Resources Overly Code.




      Figure 6: Proposed landscaping areas along the rear coastal property boundary

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