AGENDA - Sunshine Coast Council

Strategy and Planning Committee Agenda 16 February 2011
Nothling Street experiences low volumes of traffic and is relatively safe for on-road cycling.
As such, separate on-road cycling infrastructure is not considered necessary.
REFERRALS
Internal Referrals
The application was forwarded to the following internal specialists:
• Engineering;
• Maroochy Water Services;
• Environment; and
• Hydrology and Hydraulics.
Their assessment forms part of this report.
External Referrals
Not Applicable
SUBMISSIONS
The application was publicly notified in accordance with requirements of the Integrated
Planning Act 1997. 1 properly made submissions and 0 not properly made submissions
were received.
GROUNDS OF SUBMISSIONS
The following table provides a summary of the grounds for submissions received.
Issues
Potential for a dwelling up
to 8.5m high to be built
within 2m of the
submitter’s back fence,
resulting in loss of privacy,
quality of life, breezes and
ambient light.
Comments
The height of future dwellings on the proposed lots will be
regulated by the proposed plan of development, which limits the
height of dwellings to 8.5 metres. It would be unreasonable to
limit the height of any future dwellings on the created lots to less
than 8.5m, given that this is the acceptable solution outcome in
the Detached House code and is an established ‘deemed to
comply’ solution to prevent dwellings from causing a loss of
amenity to adjacent premises. In addition, it is noted that all
three dwellings that adjoin the site to the south (where the
submitter resides) are 2 storeys in height and are located above
the site in elevation. Hence, any two-storey dwellings
constructed on the subject site will be lower than the adjoining
dwellings to the south and are unlikely to cause loss of light or
overshadowing to these dwellings.
Side and rear setbacks for future dwellings on the subject site
are regulated by the proposed plan of development which
reflects the requirements of the Queensland Development
Code. The plan of development requires dwellings on the
proposed lots to be setback from side or rear boundaries by
750mm up to a height of 4.5m, then setback 1m up to a height
of 7.5m and then setback 2m up to the maximum height limit of
8.5m. The proposed plan of development will also allow ‘built to
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