MCU10/2083 Development Application part 2 - Attachment 1 - Town Planning Report & Code Assessment_FINAL_291010

Specific Outcomes                             Probable solutions     Proposal
                                                                     1m setback. Again due to adjoining Lot
                                                                     2 on RP856186 this is only applicable to
                                                                     1m of street frontage. A wide road
                                                                     verge ensures the awning is setback at
                                                                     least 9m from the road pavement and is
                                                                     buffered by existing street trees.

                                                                     Complies – Side Boundaries
                                                                     Side boundary setbacks are 3m as
                                                                     required for commercial uses that adjoin
                                                                     land in a residential zone.
Site cover, gross floor area and plot
ratio                                                                Complies
O10 The site cover, gross floor area and      No solution provided   The proposed development has a site
plot ratio of buildings and other roofed                             cover of 1415m2 (36.6%), gross floor
structures—                                                          area of 1087m2 and plot ratio of 0.282,
a) results in a building scale that is                               which is an overall building component
compatible with surrounding                                          less than an allowable residential
development;                                                         development of the site. The building
b) does not present an appearance of                                 design has a highly articulated and
bulk to adjacent properties, roads or                                pitched roof form that relates to
other areas in the vicinity of the site;                             surrounding residential building forms
c) maximises the retention of existing                               and will include materials and colour
vegetation and allows for additional soft                            selection that associates with domestic
landscaping between buildings;                                       architecture of the locality. Landscaping
d) allows for adequate area at ground                                zones are achieved at the street
level for outdoor recreation,                                        frontages which incorporate substantial
entertainment, clothes drying and other                              existing street trees. Soft landscaping
site facilities; and                                                 will be provided to all side boundaries to
e) facilitates onsite stormwater                                     buffer the development from the
management and vehicular access.                                     adjoining      residential     properties.
                                                                     Vehicular access is via a left in left out
                                                                     facility on Gibson Road or via Skipper
                                                                     Place. On site stormwater management
                                                                     will be implemented in accordance with
                                                                     the Stormwater Management Plan
                                                                     prepared by JF&P Engineering included
                                                                     in Attachment 7.

O11 Site cover—                                                      Complies
a) for a class 1 or class 10a structure                              The proposal which is situated within
within the Detached Housing Zone,                                    the Attached Housing Zone has a site
b) does not exceed—                                                  cover of 36.6%.
    i) for a single storey building - 50%;
or
    ii) for a building of 2 or more storeys
- 50% on the ground floor and 30% for
the upper storey(s), or 40% for all
storeys for a building of 2 or more
storeys;
c) for other classes with the Detached
Housing Zone, does not exceed—40%;
d) for the Semi-Attached Housing Zone
does not exceed 40%;
e) for the Attached Housing Zone does
not exceed 40%;
f) for the Visitor Mixed Use Zone does
not exceed 40%; or
g) for the Shire Business Centre Zone in
Precincts E1, E2, E6 and E7 does not
exceed 50%.

O12 For the Semi-Attached Housing                                    Not applicable
Zone buildings do not exceed a plot
ratio of 0.45:1

O13 For the Attached Housing Zone the                                Complies
maximum gross floor area is equivalent                               The proposed gross floor area of
to the maximum allowable population in                               1,087m2 is less than the allowable gross
persons multiplied by 40m2.                                          floor area of 1,544m2.