Martoo Planning Statement · MCU18/0013

2. THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION
This application seeks a Development Permit for a Material Change of Use for a Detached House.
The following details are considered relevant to the application:

                The subject site is currently vacant;
                The applicant proposes to establish a Detached House that steps down the site;
                The proposed Detached House is to be partially excavated into the site and utilises
                the existing fall;
                The Detached House comprises three levels which are stepped down the site;
                Level 1 - garage, family room and kitchenette and bathroom;
                Level 2 – bathroom, bedrooms and ensuites and master bedroom;
                Level 3 – rumpus, kitchen and scullery, living, and dining areas with access to
                swimming pool;
                The Detached House has been architecturally designed to maximise privacy for
                residents.
                Site cover of 42%;
                Garage located within front 6.0 metre setback;
                3.0 metre cantilevered deck into the15.0 metre coastal setback.

Appendix C provides plans of the proposal prepared by Shaun Lockyer Architects.

The proposed dwelling has been designed to step down the site and minimize impacts on the
surrounding area and is consistent with the type of buildings that have been constructed in the
surrounding area.

Attachment includes a Geotechnical Investigation and sheet piling plan relative to a previous
dwelling approved over the site.



3. COMPLIANCE WITH STATE PLANNING POLICIES
The site is mapped as being located in a Coastal Management District. In accordance with the
Planning Regulation 2017 a Material Change of Use requires referral of the application to the State
where a building work is carried out completely or partly in coastal management district that has a
gross floor area of 1000m2 and extracts or fills more than 1000m3. .

The proposal has an overall gross floor area of less than 1000m2 and is proposing excavation of
less than 1000m3 and therefore does not trigger referral.

The site is mapped as having a Coastal building line located 15 metres from the seaward boundary.




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