Response to Further Information Request - July 2024 · MCU23/0096

 “Adamson Town Planning, specialising in providing higher order town planning advice”




It is unclear if the proposal will be available for uses that are not associated with the
educational use of the site.

Advice Required

1. Clarify if the proposal will be available for non-school uses.

Response:

The GSLC has advised that … the use of the Performing Arts Centre (PAC) is primarily a day to
day teaching facility. Its focus is teaching performing arts, not being a performance venue. The
five classroom spaces will typically operate as separate classrooms for music, drama, and
dance. The need for these spaces, based on classroom needs, was central to the BGA funding
process.

For many years the College has made some of its facilities available for public / community
use. (eg HPE centre). We are open to supporting the community through access to the
Performing Arts Centre for purposes that are suited to the space. Community use would be
outside of school hours and would not impact on school related traffic.

Although we would see it as an unfortunate outcome for the community groups that may
benefit from access, the facility does not need to be made available to the community.

From a town planning perspective, limiting the use of the PAC would be contrary to sound
town planning principles, and is expected and reasonable to make full use of the facility to
maximise efficiency and provide added benefit to the general community, including other
schools. This is provided the use by a third party does not occur during school hours, in
particular during peak drop off and pick up periods.

Issue – Building Height, Gross Floor Area and Building Bulk

The application material submits that the development proposes to use Performance Outcomes
PO17 and PO18 to satisfy the height, Gross Floor Area (GFA) and Building Bulk requirements
and notes “larger building forms” established before the current planning came into effect.
Council notes that the GFA of the buildings were compliant at the time of their approval.

PO17 requires buildings and structures to be low rise and to not visually dominate the street
and surrounding spaces, and PO18 generally requires buildings and structures to respect the
scale of surrounding development and do not present an appearance of bulk to adjacent
properties.

Advice Required




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