2018-01-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                               15 JANUARY 2018


In addition to the above, it is proposed to maintain the opportunity for occasional pedestrian
access to the rear of Blocks 7, 8 & 9 for garden and pool maintenance only. The proposed
restriction to access to Resort Drive will be included within the Community Management
Statement for the development.
We therefore request that this condition be amended to read as follows:-
96.   The rear 2 metres of Blocks 7, 8 and 9 is to be extensively landscaped and no structures or
      swimming pools are to be located in these areas. No access is to be Access, where
      provided from the rear of these Blocks 7, 8 and 9 to Resort Drive, is limited to garden and
      pool maintenance access only. No vehicular access is permitted.
Assessment
The proposed change to Condition 96 is not supported as the provision of pedestrian access for
pool and garden maintenance will result in the on-going use and disturbance of the slope of road
reserve. This vegetation in the road reserve has koala habitat values and is required to be
retained and protected so these values can persist into the future. The intent of the 2m wide
landscape setback area within the development site is to ensure a development buffer to the
protected road reserve vegetation (including roots zones) is maintained. The applicant has not
provided sufficient justification to warrant accepting the proposal and sufficient doubts exists as
to the benefits their proposal brings to the retention and protection of the vegetation.
The provision of pools in the 2m landscape area, rear lot access and an informal pathway will not
preserve the koala habitat values in the road reserve and will lead to their degradation.
Accordingly, it is recommended that Condition 96 remains unchanged.


4.1. Consequential Amendments to Conditions
The amended plans will require consequential amendments to condition 64 which relates to
Infrastructure Charges, Advisory Notes 1, 2 and 11 will also be required to be updated. These
changes are required to reflect the proposed new mix of units and overall reduction in yield.
Conditions 72 and 81 require minor amendments to rectify minor formatting issues and to remove
reference to a Local Law which is no longer applicable.


5.    CONSULTATION
The application was not required to be referred to any external agencies.


6.    FUTURE POTENTIAL MINOR CHANGES
The current application is the fourth minor change application to come before Council in the past
2 years. Given the scale of the development it is understood that further minor changes will be
proposed. In order to facilitate efficient decision making on these minor matters it is
recommended that Council delegate its powers under the Planning Act 2016 for minor change
applications to the Chief Executive Officer. Applications involving more complex changes will
continue to be presented to Council for decision making.




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