AGENDA - City of Greater Geelong

Greater Geelong City Council 28 August 2012
Agenda for Ordinary Meeting
SECTION B - REPORTS Page 12
2. PLANNING PERMIT APPLICATION 528/2005/C, 1-9 BACCHUS MARSH
ROAD, 8 COX ROAD & 41 GEORGIA GROVE, CORIO (CONT’D)
Assessment
Residential 1 Zone
The use of the land as a medical centre has already been approved and has been
established for some time now. The use is now being expanded to include an
additional consulting room which also coincides with the request for an additional
practitioner. In addition to this, the proposed extension to the medical centre is aimed
at improving facilities for staff including, among other things, new training rooms.
These training rooms will, at times, be utilized by students who are completing job
placement for their university courses. The students will initially assess a client before
the employed practitioner assesses the client, thereby not bringing additional cliental to
the clinic. The inclusion of this educational component in to the medical centre function
is considered to be both ancillary and acceptable.
The proposed boundary realignment with 41 Georgia Grove is considered to be in
accordance with the zone as it still allows for the retention of an existing dwelling
fronting Georgia Grove. The residential lot will now be 505 square metres and will still
allow for ample open space area to the rear of the dwelling. The existing garage
associated with the dwelling on 41 Georgia Grove will need to be demolished as it will
traverse the new property boundary however there is considered to be adequate area
on the to-be-created 505 square metre allotment for it to be replaced.
Special Building Overlay
The proposal is considered to comply with the purpose and decision guidelines of the
Special Building Overlay and the state and local planning policy relating to flooding.
The Special Building Overlay was sought to be applied to the land as a result of an
extensive flood study of areas of the municipality by the engineering department of
council and seeks to address a variety of flooding issues. This area is subject to
existing drainage issues and overland flows and the CCMA has assessed these flows
and determined an appropriate floor height for the proposed building extension to
ensure they will not be affected during a storm event.
State & Local Policy
The proposed amendment is considered to comply with the relevant state and local
planning policy listed earlier in this report. The proposed extension maintains a similar
building appearance although in this instance it does introduce a double storey built
form. Given the size of the subject site and the expansive intersection that surrounds it
the built form of the building is considered to fit the scale of the site and surrounding
area although the surrounding area is predominantly single storey in scale.