Planning Committee meeting to be held at Darebin Civic Centre, 350 High Street Preston on Monday, 9 February 2015 at 5.30 pm. PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING 9 FEBRUARY 2015 Table of Contents 1. MEMBERSHIP .............................................................................................................. 1 2. APOLOGIES ................................................................................................................. 1 3. DISCLOSURES OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ......................................................... 1 4. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE ............................. 1 5. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS ................................................................................. 2 5.1 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT D/700/2014 6 Oakhill Avenue, Reservoir VIC 3073 ................................................................................. 2 5.2 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT D/892/2014 703-707 Plenty Road, Reservoir VIC 3073 ...................................................................... 34 5.3 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT D/476/2014 15A Tovey Street, Reservoir VIC 3073 .............................................................................. 45 5.4 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT D/421/2014 185 Wingrove Street, Fairfield VIC 3078 ........................................................................... 64 5.5 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT D/835/2014 470-480 High Street, Northcote VIC 3070 ......................................................................... 79 6. OTHER BUSINESS ..................................................................................................... 99 6.1 List of Scheduled VCAT Appeals ....................................................................................... 99 6.2 Significant Applications Update ........................................................................................ 117 6.3 List of Applications for next Planning Committee Meeting ............................................... 121 7. CLOSE OF MEETING ............................................................................................... 122 PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING 9 FEBRUARY 2015 Agenda 1. MEMBERSHIP Councillors Cr Steven Tsitas (Mayor) (Chairperson) Cr Vince Fontana Cr Gaetano Greco Cr Tim Laurence Cr Bo Li Cr Trent McCarthy Cr Angela Villella Cr Oliver Walsh (Deputy Mayor) Cr Julie Williams Council Officers Paul Crapper – Director Corporate and Planning Services Darren Rudd – Manager City Development Julie Smout – Coordinator Statutory Planning Jacinta Stevens – Manager Corporate Governance and Performance Jody Brodribb – Acting Coordinator Council Business 2. APOLOGIES 3. DISCLOSURES OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 4. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION MOVED: Cr. SECONDED: Cr. THAT the Minutes of the Planning Committee meeting held on 22 December 2014 be confirmed as a correct record of business transacted. Page 1 PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING 9 FEBRUARY 2015 5. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS 5.1 APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMIT D/700/2014 6 Oakhill Avenue, Reservoir VIC 3073 AUTHOR: Principal Planner – Paul Miziewicz DIRECTOR: Director Corporate and Planning Services – Paul Crapper OWNER/APPLICANT/CONSULTANT: Applicant Owner Consultant Ikonomidis Reid Pty Ltd Nickolas Daskalo Ikonomidis Reid Pty Ltd Green Heritage Compliance and Research SUMMARY: • It is proposed to demolish the existing dwelling on the site and construct four (4) double storey dwellings. • Each dwelling is to have two (2) bedrooms and one carspace provided in a garage. • Private secluded private open space is provided at ground floor level as follows: o Dwelling 1 – 83 square metres of private open space including 41 square metres of secluded private open space; o Dwelling 2 – 80 square metres of private open space including 38 square metres of secluded private open space; o Dwelling 3 – 40 square metres of private open space including 32 square metres of secluded private open space; o Dwelling 4 – 61 square metres of private open space including 49 square metres of secluded private open space. • The Certificate of Title accompanied the application and has a covenant. The covenant was varied pursuant to section 84 (1) of the Property Law Act 1958 (Vic) on 3 May 2013. The covenant was varied by order of the Supreme Court of Victoria by replacing the words "more than on Messuage of Dwelling House with suitable outhouses and that such messuage shall be used as a private residence and for no other purpose and that no trade or business shall be carried on the aforesaid lots and shall not at any time hereafter excavate carry away or remove or permit to be removed any earth clay stone gravel or sand from the said lots except for the purpose of excavating for the foundations of any building to be erected thereon" with the words "more than four dwelling houses with outbuildings". The proposal does not breach the amended restrictive covenant. • It is important to note that the removal of covenants via the Supreme Court is a civil property matter involving beneficiaries to the title and is not a matter that Council would be involved in. This is explained further in the report. Page 2 PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING 9 FEBRUARY 2015 • During the assessment of the application Planning Scheme Amendment C144 was approved. The amendment was to implement the recommendations of the Residential Zones Standing Advisory Committee (RZAC) and update map notations to reflect the introduction of the reformed residential zones. Officers are of the firm view this is a mapping error and site should have been included in the Neighbourhood Residential Zone (NRZ). The site is now General Residential Zone 2 (GRZ2), which places the same controls as the Residential 1 Zone. On the 31 of October the Chief Executive Officer sent a letter to the former Planning Minister to outline major discrepancies between the conclusion and reasoning of the RZSAC’s Stage 1 report and the application of the new residential zones as gazetted on 30 October 2014. Of particular note was the Oakhill Heritage Area (HO172 and 308), which was designated as Minimal Change Area in the Darebin Housing Strategy. The subject site is located within the Oakhill Heritage Area there is strategic direction from the Darebin Housing Strategy for minimal change to occur in this area. If the site was rezoned to the Neighbourhood Residential Zone transitional arrangements would be provided. This means regardless of the zone, Council is obliged to consider this application on its merits and on the basis of the planning scheme as it now reads. Given the aforementioned the proposal must be assessed with regards to the strategic context of the site and the purpose of the General Residential Zone. • It is recommended that a Notice of Decision to Grant a Planning Permit be issue subject to conditions. CONSULTATION: • The application was advertised by; one (1) yellow laminated sign with dimensions of 0.90 metres x 0.60 metres. The sign was located approximately 1 metre south of the vehicle crossover, setback approximately 40 cm from the front boundary behind the front fence for 6 Oakhill Avenue and letters sent to affected properties. • Sixty-two (62) objections were received. • The application has been referred internally to Council’s Heritage Advisor, Capital Works Unit, Property Unit and Traffic Management Unit. Referral comment summary to be included in separate section later in report. RECOMMENDATION THAT Planning Permit Application D/700/2014 be approved and a Notice of Decision to Grant a Permit be issued subject to the following conditions: 1. Before the development starts, amended plans to the satisfaction of the Responsible Authority must be submitted to, and approved by, the Responsible Authority. The plans must be drawn to scale with dimensions and must be generally in accordance with the plans submitted with the application (identified as Floor Plan TP3, and Elevations TP4, dated 8 Oct 2014 and prepared by Ikonomidis Reid) but modified to show: a) The ground floor setback from Oakhill Avenue for Dwellings 1 and 2 increased to a minimum of 7.08 metres this is to be achieved without the reduction to any other setback. The ground floor porches can encroach within the front setback a maximum of 2.5 metres and must be less than 3.6 metres in height. Page 3 PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING 9 FEBRUARY 2015 b) Dwelling 1’s first floor east facing bedroom to be setback in line with Dwelling 2, this is to be achieved without the reduction of any other setback. c) Dwelling 1 to be provided with a hipped roof form. d) The eastern fence around the secluded private open space for Dwelling 4 to extend to the eastern wall of the powder room. e) The provision of pedestrian visibility splays measuring 2.0 metres (width across the rear adjacent the Right of Way) by 2.5 metres (depth into the site), to the proposed crossovers to the Right of Way. Where within the subject site, any structures or vegetation within these splays must be not more than 1.15 metres in height. f) The location of all plant and equipment (including air conditioners and the like). These are to be co-located where possible, screened to as to be minimally visible from the public realm and adjacent properties, located as far as practicable from site boundaries. Air conditioning units must be located at ground level. g) The height of fences on the northern, eastern and southern boundaries to be a minimum height of 1.8 metres as measured above natural ground level.