2015-11-10 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                               10 NOVEMBER 2015


      11.   The new driveway must utilise the existing footpath to the dwelling and the existing
            driveway as shown on the approved plans.
      12.   All resident practitioners and clients must park wholly within the site during operating
            hours.
            Landscaping
      13.   Existing trees within the road reserve and the Reserve for Park must be retained.
      14.   Trees to be retained must be protected from construction activities by:
            a.    clearly marking vegetation to be retained with flagging tape
            b.    installing protective fencing around the drip line of the vegetation
            c.    restricting stockpiling, storage and vehicle parking to those areas which are
                  already cleared
            d.    using low impact construction techniques around vegetation.
B.    Advise the applicant that all conditions of approval must be complied with by 26 February
      2016.



REPORT
1.    PROPOSAL
The application seeks approval for a Home Based Business Type 2 – Evident. The home based
business consists of a husband and wife conducting an Osteopathy business with no employees.

The operating hours are 9.00am to 6pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 1pm on Fridays.
One (1) practitioner operates the business, except for between 9am to 2pm on Mondays and
9am – 1pm on Wednesdays, when 2 practitioners operate.

Appointments are half hourly and when 2 practitioners are operating the appointments are
staggered by 15 minutes.

A maximum of 3 persons are onsite at any one time when 1 practitioner is operating and up to a
maximum of 6 persons when both practitioners are operating. The 3 persons onsite consist of the
practitioner and 1 client and 1 client waiting and 6 persons onsite consists of 2 practitioners and 2
clients and 1 client waiting for each practitioner. In any one day there may be up to 12
appointments with 1 practitioner and an additional 6 appointments with 2 practitioners.

The business is a Home Based Business Type 2 as there are more than 3 people onsite at any
one time and the designated business area within the dwelling exceeds 25m².

The application is before Council as conditions are recommended that reduce the scale of the
business from that applied for, additionally some complaints have been received about the
business.
2.    SITE DETAILS
2.1   Background
The application is the result of compliance action from a compliant received in March 2015.
Concerns were raised about business clients parking in the cul de sac. Subsequent complaints
also questioned whether the operators were living in the premises or elsewhere. At the time of
this report the operators are residing in the premises.

The business has been operating from the dwelling since March 2014.

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