2015-03-03 Planning & Organisation Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                    3 MARCH 2015


A Preliminary Approval was issued instead of a Development Permit because the applicant
provided an unconventional flood detention strategy that relied upon the use of vegetation or
“roughness” of the flood plain for flood detention storage and also proposed extensive re-
profiling of the western tributary. This method was considered unacceptable, given the
unconventionality, the risk to surrounding residents and to Council.
The applicant has provided a revised strategy that uses conventional storage and detention
methods without relying on vegetation ‘roughness’ of the flood plain or extensive re-profiling
of the western tributary. Some re-profiling is still proposed but it is within acceptable limits
with the use of geo-fabric and plantings. It is not agreed to delete the whole of Condition 1
but to change Condition 1 to ensure the development is carried out in accordance with the
revised Flood Report prepared by BSM. Therefore the upgrading of the Preliminary Approval
to a Development Permit is recommended to be supported.
Infrastructure Agreement for Park embellishments
The applicant requests the Infrastructure Agreement be executed and Condition 15
reworded to reflect the most recent playground layout plans and the plans indicated in the
IA.
Infrastructure Agreement
The Reconfiguring a Lot Code requires either a Park Contribution be paid or an active Park
is provided in accordance with the Priority Infrastructure Plan. Given there is no active park
(or planned) east of the railway, the applicant sought to provide an active park to offset the
Park Contributions. This request was supported and approved as part of the Preliminary
Approval issued by Council on 18 December 2014.
Council’s Park Project Officer provided an estimated cost of playground equipment as
proposed by the applicant. The proposed playground is determined to be generally
equivalent to the apportioned Park Contribution for the developments identified in the
Infrastructure Agreement being the subject application, REC13/0148, REC14/0008 and
REC14/0009. These developments subject of the Infrastructure Agreement are shown below
in Figure 2.




Figure 2 - Subdivisions subject of IA




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