Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2012
DV12.9
DRAFT POLICY 5.6: PERCENT FOR PUBLIC ART
PURPOSE OF REPORT:
To present to Council a draft Percent for Public Art Policy for adoption for advertising.
SUMMARY:
Recently Council has been requiring the provision of public art as a condition of development
approval for a number of commercial, non-residential and mixed use developments. The
preparation of a draft Percent for Public Art Policy provides the statutory provisions to guide
and enforce such conditions.
It is proposed under draft Town Planning Policy 5.6: Percent for Public Art that no less than
one percent (1%) of the construction value of development be attributed towards the
provision of public art either on or near the site. The draft Policy is applicable to applications
for commercial, non-residential and mixed use developments where the construction value is
$1 million or more and it is proposed to cap public art costs and/or contributions at $500,000.
The provision of public art may either be provided in-kind by the developer on-site or within
the adjacent public realm or as a cash-in-lieu contribution to the Town for the provision of
public art in the immediate locality.
Council's adoption for advertising of the draft Percent for Public Art Policy is sought.
BACKGROUND:
The matter of seeking development and/or public art contributions has been raised by
Council during consideration of a number of recent development applications.
Following the consideration of an application for 32 consulting rooms at Lots 498, 499 and
500 (No. 330-334) Railway Parade, West Leederville, Council decided (in part) at its meeting
on 23 February 2010 (Item DV10.1) that:
"the applicant being required to provide public art on or near the site to the satisfaction of the
Chief Executive Officer; and
an amendment to the TPS be prepared with the view to formalising developer contributions
being levied by the Town. Such amendment to include provision for preparation of
Development Contribution Plans, identifying plan areas and establishing an appropriate
charging regime."
The same condition to provide for public art on or near the subject site as mentioned above
was also applied to the approvals for a four storey office building at 48-50 Oxford Close and
for grouped consulting rooms at 20 McCourt Street, West Leederville.
More recently at Council's meeting on 20 December 2011, the following condition was
applied to approvals for a five level mixed use development at 334-336 Cambridge Street,
Wembley (DV11.112) and for an office building (WALGA Headquarters) at 168-170 Railway
Parade (DV11.113):
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