2022-06-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda PUBLIC

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                     13 JUNE 2022




                                        Figure 22 – Building B




                                        Figure 23 – Building C

Basement
The proposal includes a large basement area to be utilised for the purposes of car parking. In
some areas the distance between parts of the basement and the floor level above exceeds the
scheme requirement of 1 metre and results in the building being 4 storeys. The proposed design
is acceptable as the area around the perimeter of the basement is to be backfilled with no part of
the basement being above the finished ground level and will therefore only present as 3 storeys.
An embankment at the front of the site also means that the existing ground level upon which the
buildings are to be located is generally 1 metre lower than the surface level of the road reserve.
Therefore, the backfilling of the basements will not result in the development being elevated above
the road reserve.
Front Setback
The south-west corner of building A and the north-eastern corner of building B intrude into the
required front setback for the 3rd storey. A setback of 6 metres to balconies and 7.5 metres to the
building are proposed in lieu of the 8 metre requirement. The intrusion relates to a small section at
the corner of each building. In response to the architectural review the buildings were rotated
further away from each other to provide greater separation of the built form and increased
opportunity for landscaping between the buildings. The reduced setback will have limited impact
on the amenity of the streetscape noting that a significant part of each building’s frontage complies


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