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Development Codes
       1. Business Uses Code (Part 14 – Division 3);
       2. Landscaping Code (Part 14 – Division 17);

Overlay Codes – None identified

Planning Scheme Code Compliance

The applicable Planning Scheme Codes have been reviewed. The proposed development is
considered to comply with all Probable Solutions provided in the relevant codes, except
those discussed below. The proposed Alternative Outcomes are considered to provide an
acceptable solution that satisfies each Specific Outcome.
For those codes not identified below it is considered that the proposed development
complies or is not applicable to all Probable Solutions included in those codes due to the
proposed use occurring within an existing building.
Community Services Zone Code

The proposed use being a Commercial Business Type 2 – Medical (Doctors Practice) is listed
as Code Assessable where in conjunction with a Community Use (Table 6.5) and Impact
Assessable if it does not meet this code requirement. As the proposed use is not in
conjunction with a Community Use, the Doctors Practice is considered Impact Assessable.

Despite being Impact Assessable, Type 2 – Medical is a listed use within the Community
Services Zone. The proposed Doctor’s Practice is considered to satisfy the specific outcomes
of the Community Services Zone through the following points:

       1. The doctor’s practice is provided in a convenient and highly accessible location
          for Cooroy residents;
       2. The doctor’s practice will occupy an existing approved building over property at
          15 Pearsons Road. This building will maintain all external features including
          architectural design, landscaping, car parking, access and street appeal protecting
          localised visual amenity;
       3. The doctor’s practice is co-located with a Retirement Village and other residential
          developments to provide services closer to home in a convenient location;
       4. A footpath exists for the full length of Pearsons Road allowing for safe pedestrian
          traffic to the practice;




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