Minor Change Report MCU21/0228.02 & OPW21/0364.02

               The applicant has requested the retention of the existing balcony’s screening element on the
               southern boundary.
               As discussed, the screen we have installed to Unit 2 Balcony 2 clothes line area is circa 50% open
               screening, in compliance with Condition 18. This deck is not enclosed with shutters, louvres or
               Glass panelling, so it is also compliant with Condition 14.
               From an NCC perspective it is an unenclosed balcony, therefore it does not constitute GFA as it
               is not a habitable room due to only screening on one side.
               Again, we are of the opinion that the screening to Balcony 2 is compliant with the approval. If you
               can find a definition that proves otherwise, please advise where this definition is?




               Assessment of Request
               Juliet Balcony – Agree
               The development remains within the site cover parameters of the scheme and has suitably
               addressed overlooking. The juliet balcony is not a functional space, acting as an extension to
               bedroom.
               Attic Space – Agree subject to conditioning
               The current built form of the “attic space” results in an additional 58m2 of gross floor area.
               Through the assessment it was mutually agreed with the applicant that the upper level constituted
               gross floor area and that works is required to be undertaken so that it no longer constitutes gross
               floor area.
               Accordingly, the development is required to be amended such that the air conditioning system no
               longer services the space and that access to the area is removed.


               Balcony 2 – Refuse
               The screen is required to be altered as the space contributes to gross floor area, the development
               includes an enclosed private balcony, refer to the below definition.
               gross floor area for a building, means the total floor area of all storeys of the building, measured
               from the outside of the external walls and the centre of any common walls of the building, other
               than areas used for—
                    a) building services, plant or equipment; or
                    b) access between levels; or

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