OPW20-0092 - Applicant's Response to Council's IR · OPW20/0092

                                                                   Reduce length of wall to
                                                                   min. 1.5m from driveway




                         Low wall with planting
                         behind for screening




Figure 2: Annotation of changes required to front fence due to manoeuvring
Source: Adapted from 51901.4271.02 approved plan 19009 A.300



Council’s Issue

The higher order approval Condition 25 requires:

         Any street fencing must be set back an average of 1 metre from the front property boundary.
         Any fencing on the front boundary must either:
         a. not exceed a maximum height of 1.2m
         b. be of open construction
It is unclear from the supplied plans the type of street fencing to be used nor the height or if it is of open
construction.


Information Required by Council

3. Provide information regarding the street fencing and details how it complies with Condition 25 of the
   higher order approval.


Applicant’s Response

The proposed fencing on the street frontage is illustrated in the approved plans of the higher order change
application that was approved by Council on 7 April 2020. The fence height is illustrated on the approved
plans and demonstrates a variation in height as the slope of the road frontage falls to the north. The breeze
block section has been clearly indicated as being proposed at 2 metres in height and no notation to the plans
has been added by Council requiring the setback section of fence, which is 1.55m inside the property
boundary, to be anything different.           The open construction of the breezeblock is consistent with the


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