Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
28 JUNE 2011
It is considered that the proposed facilities meet the criterion of being directly associated with
the current education functions of the Centre.
As this site is reserved under the Metropolitan Region Scheme (MRS) for 'Parks and
Recreation' approval is required from the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC).
The Town is required to make a recommendation to the Commission.
Building Design
As stated above, the Planning Policy requires that new development be well set back from
all boundaries and be generously landscaped. Whether the proposed new building is 'well
set back' from the southern boundary is questionable. Certainly, it is significantly closer to
the southern boundary than any existing buildings on the site (which includes the adjoining
Bold Park Community School buildings). It is noted that the previous 'Stage One' library
building was set back approximately 11.619 metres from the Southern boundary with an
open verandah set back 7.2 metres. The proposed new building is setback approximately
7.8 metres from the southern boundary to Dodd Street. The applicant intends to provide soft
landscaping and planting and to maximise the use of native planting to integrate fully with
any future redevelopment of the Dodd Street streetscape. Landscaping is proposed around
car parking areas to screen them from the street and from the adjoining Lake Monger
Reserve. It is considered that the proposed building will provide for an improved interface
with the Dodd Street streetscape and the Lake Monger reserve.
Car parking
It is recognised that although the Telethon Speech and Hearing Centre began as an
educational establishment, it has expanded over the years to include a number of incidental
and complementary uses providing an essential and valuable service to the Western
Australian community.
The assessment of carparking for the site is therefore difficult as the proposed uses do not
comfortably fit within the uses listed in the Town's Off-street parking policy.
A number of possible scenarios for the calculation of car parking for the Centre are possible.
Scenario One
If the Telethon Speech and Hearing Centre are considered an 'educational establishment'
with mostly primary school aged children, the car parking requirement is 1 bay for every staff
member plus 14 drop off bays per 100 students (may be on-street). On this basis the centre,
which has 64 on site car bays for staff, and at least 14 to 28 bays on-street would be
compliant.
In this scenario the conference centre is deemed to be part of the educational establishment
and could only be used by the school.
Use Parking required Parking provided
Educational Establishment 1 per staff member plus 14 bays
per 100 students (can be onstreet)
= 60 car bays plus 14 to
28 pick-up drop off bays
64 car bays plus on street
parking
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