Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL
TUESDAY 22 MAY 2012
DETAILS:
Development description
• The dwelling under construction is at a higher level than both streets, particularly
Chipping Road.
• Retaining and fencing (total height 1.2 metres) is proposed along Chipping Road and
the corner to hold a higher ground level to accommodate the septic tanks and provide
an step up to the higher level of the dwelling.
• Solid fencing ranging in height from 1.8 to 2.3 metres is proposed in the Catesby
Street setback area to screen the pool and a roofed shower, pool equipment, and
service recess area adjacent to Catesby Street.
• A roofed bin area is also proposed adjacent to Chipping Road, screened by a 1.9
metre high solid wall.
Neighbour submission
The owner of the adjoining property to the south-east (No. 12 Chipping Road) has signed the
plans offering no objection to the proposed covered bin area adjacent to their side boundary.
Performance criteria assessment
Setbacks of buildings generally
Proposed Acceptable development
provision
Covered bin area Nil 3.75 m
Covered pool equipment
area
Performance criteria:
Nil
6.5 m
Buildings setback from street boundaries an appropriate distance to ensure they:
• contribute to the desired streetscape
• provide adequate privacy and open space for dwellings; and
• allow safety clearances for easements for essential service corridors.
The plans show a small bin area between the staircase to the enclosed patio and the east
boundary, adjacent to Chipping Road. The area is approximately 3.5 metres wide and 3.0
metres deep. The plans show a 1.9 metre high brick wall on the Chipping Road boundary to
screen the bin area from the street and a flat concrete roof over the bin area (extends 100
mm above the screen wall). The dwellings on the subject site and the adjoining property to
the east are at a higher level than the street so the screen wall and the flat roof over the bin
store will not impede views to the dwellings from the street and vice versa. The applicant
has advised that the concrete roof will match the screen wall (ie. rendered and painted).
The plans also show a shower, pool pump and service recess ('pool equipment area')
adjacent to the Catesby Street boundary. The area is proposed to be 3.2 metres wide, 1.87
metres deep and 2.3 metres high and covered by a flat concrete roof similar to the bin area.
The pool equipment area is proposed to be screened by a 2.2 metre high wall along the
Catesby Street boundary.
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