Three-unit gun barrel proposal for Gallipoli Ave
Central Coast Council has received a development application for the erection of a multi-unit housing development comprising three two-storied dwellings at 17 Gallipoli Ave, Blackwall.
The dwellings, arranged in "gun barrel" configuration along a common driveway, are all three-bedroom.
A compliance table supplied with the application admits to breaching planning provisions for requiring side setbacks of two metres and six metres at the rear.
At the same time, it claims compliance with the deep soil requirements of six metres front and back and two metres at side boundaries.
The table also admits non-compliance with the "articulation" clause with an unarticulated length of 34.2 m.
It claims compliance with solar access for internal living and private open space areas.
However the shadow diagrams clearly show that Unit 1's private open space will receive barely any sunlight with Unit 2 not faring much better.
In defence of the various non-compliances, planning consultants Clark Dowdle Associates restate their often used quote, attributed to former council planning director Mr Scott Cox, discussing the "conundrum" involved in trying to reconcile the development control plan's desired character of the zone with the applicant's desired outcome.
The application also states: "The removal of the trees along the rear (northern) boundary are unavoidable, otherwise the lot would be sterilised.
"The trees to be removed are not identified as being significant nor part of an endangered community.
"To assist in the mitigation of the loss of the trees, the proposal can include the incorporation of medium-sized trees along the front setbacks and nature strip to maintain tree canopy."
The application states: "Careful design and material choice provides sufficient boundary setbacks to provide building separation and landscaping opportunities to alleviate the bulk and scale of the built form from the neighbouring properties and public domain.
"Courtyards are located around the perimeter of the town houses that would provide sufficient deep soil planting to incorporate small to medium street trees, allowing the appropriate landscaping transition from the built form when viewed from the street and neighboring lots.
"The multi-dwelling development would incorporate pitch roofing that would echo the traditional bungalow roof forms that were established in the post-World War 2 era within the Peninsula area."
SOURCE:
DA Tracker, 19 Aug 2022
DA2026/2022, Central Coast Council