MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submissions Object - Petition

Code Objective                      Developer's   Assessment       Objectors' Assessment

use of the site; b) maintain                                       For reasons elaborated          elsewhere      in
visual amenity     and              S80.2 Complies                 this document        the Buildings,
streetscape     character;     c)   Refer Appendix A, Tanker       structures,      driveways,    tanks and fuel
provide adequate separation         plan.                          bowsers are NOT sited to c) provide
to adjoining land uses; and                                        adequate separation           to uses; and d)
d) not cause an                                                    not cause an environmental            nuisance
environmental      nuisance to                                     to the adjacent School
neighbouring      properties

083 The associated sale of          083 Complies                   Does not Comply
goods, including     foodstuffs,    The associated sale of good    The Applicants       assertion is
is ancillary to the service         will remain ancillary to the   unsubstantiated        and misleading       in the
station use.                        service station use,           extreme.      This assertion is simply
                                                                   designed to play down and hide the
                                                                   true nature of this venture         as a retail
                                                                   development.         Industry data shows
                                                                   that a service station without a
                                                                   significant     retail component      is an
                                                                   unviable business model.
                                                                   The Applicant       acknowledges      that the
                                                                   Shop component          is in total 197m',
                                                                   the majority,      if not all of which is
                                                                   available for retail use. The Applicant
                                                                   claims, although       provides no
                                                                   justification     for its idle assertion,     that
                                                                   the retail floor area is some 100m2
                                                                   This means that the gross floor area
                                                                   used for the associated retail sale of
                                                                   goods is more than 50% of the gross
                                                                   floor area available in the shop.

084 The layout of the site          S84.1- S85.1 Not Applicable    Does not Comply
facilities and vehicular                                           The Applicant       fails to address this
accesses result in                                                 Objective       of the code. Vehicle access
unrestricted     vehicle access                                    to and egress from the site will be
to and egress from the site.                                       severely restricted       by existing vehicle
                                                                   and pedestrian        traffic in the area.

085 The use of land for a           584.1- 585.1 Not Applicable    Does not Comply
service station-      a) does not                                  The Applicant       fails to address this
impair traffic flow or road                                        Objective of the eade.
safety; b) facilitates   safe and                                  The proposed service station a) DOES
convenient     movement        to                                  impair traffic flow and road safety; b)

and from the site through                                          does NOT facilitate        safe and
the design and arrangement                                         convenient       movement       to and from




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