MCU21/0110 - Comment on Amended plans from John Cochrane

commercial cooking, cool rooms freezers and function cold room. This facility is designed
for food production for rapid service as would be required for up to 500 seated diners. This is
well beyond the scope of the dining facility required for 112 hotel rooms (providing
breakfast, pool snacks and some dinners). This facility would represent a capital cost of up to
15 million dollars. It is somewhat disingenuous to suggest that this investment would be
made without a business plan. The only potential use for a kitchen of this scale is seated
functions for up to 500 persons.

5. The Application does not adequately support the existing resort facilities. The inclusion of
500 m.sq. of ground level open space and associated kitchen, preparation and storage
facilities are strongly indicative of restaurant and function usage. This potential use is not
defined in the application, nor are the associated impacts arising from this potential use
addressed by way of analysis or mitigation. It would be a facility operating in direct
competition with the existing resort function areas.

6. The intention to expand the hotel to include function facilities has been publicly stated by
the applicant. Refer to Appendix A.

It is unclear from the drawings whether the proposed new car park provides an “accessible
path” as defined under BCA Vol 1 Part D3.2. and AS 1428.1. If not, the proposal may be
deficient in compliance.

The table below provides comment on the responses by Adamson Town Planning contained
in “Letter Response to Further Issues”

 Table 1
 Issue (Adamson)                          Comment
 The proposed height of the tennis        This is an unacceptable outcome in terms
 courts, including the fencing remains    of
 below the 8m                                1. The height plane non-compliance
 height requirement with the structure       2. The light spill to Parkridge and
 stepping down the slope consistent               Oasis residents
 with the                                    3. The absolute incongruity of
 carparking levels. The lighting for              retaining Koala feed trees and then
 the tennis courts will exceed the 8              making the area uninhabitable for
 metre height                                     Koala.
 requirement, which cannot be
 avoided. The lights will be hooded
 as is normally the
 case to reduce their impact off the
 site, with no light spillage adversely
 impacting other
 properties
 The tennis courts being an elevated      This comment may be an acceptable
 structure will increase the amount of    response to site cover in an appropriate
 site cover by                            zone. However, we feel it excessive in an
 approximately 6.59% with the total       area zoned Open Space Recreation. And
 site cover for the development as a      an area which currently supports the same
 whole being                              level of recreational use. i.e. the proposal



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commercial cooking, cool rooms freezers and function cold room. This facility is designed
for food production for rapid service as would be required for up to 500 seated diners. This is
well beyond the scope of the dining facility required for 112 hotel rooms (providing
breakfast, pool snacks and some dinners). This facility would represent a capital cost of up to
15 million dollars. It is somewhat disingenuous to suggest that this investment would be
made without a business plan. The only potential use for a kitchen of this scale is seated
functions for up to 500 persons.

5. The Application does not adequately support the existing resort facilities. The inclusion of
500 m.sq. of ground level open space and associated kitchen, preparation and storage
facilities are strongly indicative of restaurant and function usage. This potential use is not
defined in the application, nor are the associated impacts arising from this potential use
addressed by way of analysis or mitigation. It would be a facility operating in direct
competition with the existing resort function areas.

6. The intention to expand the hotel to include function facilities has been publicly stated by
the applicant. Refer to Appendix A.

It is unclear from the drawings whether the proposed new car park provides an “accessible
path” as defined under BCA Vol | Part D3.2. and AS 1428.1. If not, the proposal may be
deficient in compliance.

The table below provides comment on the responses by Adamson Town Planning contained
in “Letter Response to Further Issues”

 

Table 1
Issue (Adamson) Comment

The proposed height of the tennis This is an unacceptable outcome in terms
courts, including the fencing remains | of
below the 8m 1.

 

 

The height plane non-compliance

height requirement with the structure
stepping down the slope consistent
with the

carparking levels. The lighting for
the tennis courts will exceed the 8
metre height

requirement, which cannot be
avoided. The lights will be hooded
as is normally the

case to reduce their impact off the
site, with no light spillage adversely
impacting other

properties

2. The light spill to Parkridge and
Oasis residents

3. The absolute incongruity of
retaining Koala feed trees and then
making the area uninhabitable for
Koala.

 

The tennis courts being an elevated
structure will increase the amount of
site cover by

approximately 6.59% with the total
site cover for the development as a
whole being

 

 

This comment may be an acceptable
response to site cover in an appropriate
zone. However, we feel it excessive in an
area zoned Open Space Recreation. And
an area which currently supports the same
level of recreational use. i.e. the proposal

 

JC-NSH-amended plans- Issue A

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