07/1815 - Preliminary building works assessable against planning scheme [As Published] · 172007.1815

   

 

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E-mail: [email protected] ‘The Arplican Paris

Cooroy Pomona Kin Kin Boreen Point

August 30, 2007
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

BOUNDARY RELAXATION APPLICATION FOR LOT 83; RP 59216

With reference to the above property, we request an approval to build a deck at the front entrance to the
Robert’s House premises at 24 Orchard Ave, Boreen Point.

The church is used by the Anglican Church of Australia, Parish of Cooroora, for regular worship. It is also
used by community organizations for meetings. Currently, visitors walk across the lawn which is saturated in
the wet due to the shallow level of underlying sandstone strata. A concrete footpath will lead people to stairs
with a low gradient leading to a deck to allow visitors, including people with disabilities, safe and easy access
into the House.

The whole reason for this application is for the Parish of Cooroora to provide a safer, more congenial entrance
to the building which the parish recognizes is an integral part of the community of Boreen Point and the
Cootharaba District. The parish’s intention is to retain the character of this building donated to the Anglican
Church by a parishioner without making any larger footprint frontage than any of the other adjacent dwellings.

On the left side of the property there is a 2m high hedge, while the adjoining property on the right hand side is
vacant. The neighbours will not be adversely affected by the construction of the proposed deck and stairs
which extends 3.7m from the fascia of the building, set back 3.5m from the front boundary. Mr Ian
McConnell, the owner of 22 Orchard Ave, Boreen Point (contact 0437 019 545) has confirmed his agreement
with the alignment of the proposed deck.

A number of other houses within the street have constructed decks or fixed landscaping structures closer to
the boundary than the prescribed 6m. Number 22 has an existing elevated timber deck set back 4.7m from the
front boundary and number 20 has an existing elevated timber deck set back 3.5m from the front boundary,
the same offset as the bottom of the stairs proposed at Number 24. Most importantly, from a visual impact
point of view, the proposed deck at the top of the steps is 4.65m back from the boundary which means the
immediate owners will have no more obstruction to their view than their own deck.

Approval is sought for a concession of 2.5m from the building alignment to the property boundary. This will
mean the deck will be 4.65m from the building alignment, with the stairs set back. 3-3 ON

   

The deck will range from .95m to 1.35m above existing ground level.

With kind regards

ig Woolner Dawn Williamson
iest-in-Charge Church Warden

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