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Report to the Future Melbourne Planning Committee Agenda Item 6.5 Page 1 of 45 Report to the Future Melbourne Planning Committee Agenda item 6.5 Ministerial Planning Referral: TPM-2014-8 2 September 2014 85 Spring Street, Melbourne Presenter: Karen Snyders, Planning Coordinator Purpose and background 1. The purpose of this report is to advise the Future Melbourne Committee of a Ministerial Planning Application (reference 2014/000435) at 85 Spring Street, Melbourne. The planning application was initially referred by the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure (DTPLI) on 11 February 2014 and later amended on 5 March 2014. An amended application/response to the DTPLI further information request was received on 27 June 2014 and a further amended application/response to preliminary comments was received on 6 August 2014. 2. The applicant is Grocon Pty Ltd, the owner is Kador Group Holdings P/L and the architect is Denton Corker Marshall. 3. The site is ‘L’ shaped and has frontages to both Spring and Little Collins Streets. The application seeks approval for the development of a residential tower of 46 levels (303 apartments) with two basement levels. The tower includes nine levels of car parking and two retail tenancies at ground floor level (one to Spring Street and one to Little Collins Street). Access to the car park is from Coates Lane (existing) and access to the apartments is proposed from both Spring and Little Collins Streets. The building has an eight storey (31.58 metres) podium to Little Collins Street. To Spring Street the building extends beyond its title boundary, over the entry to Parliament Station. The overall building height is a maximum of approximately 169.58 metres to the top of an architectural feature to Spring Street. 4. The total gross floor area is 46,941 square metres. Key issues 5. Key considerations with respect to this proposal are design and built form, residential amenity, impact on development potential of adjoining properties and matters relating to vehicle access. 6. The application site is not subject to any height controls. The land to the south is occupied by low rise heritage buildings. The site also adjoins multi-storey buildings at 27 Little Collins Street (Sheraton Hotel) and apartments and 99 Spring Street (mixed use building which includes apartments). 7. The proposed building is in part built to the site boundaries but also incorporates some setbacks. The setbacks are however considered inadequate and result in a building which will overwhelm the pedestrian as well as adversely impact on the amenity of surrounding lanes. Inadequate (including zero) boundary setbacks will also adversely affect the amenity of existing adjoining and proposed apartments which would necessitate the use of partially obscure glazing, further reducing the amenity of proposed apartments. The proposed building height is considered excessive in relation to the low rise heritage buildings to the south, combined with inadequate setbacks from these buildings which fails to adequately respect their development potential. There are also concerns about the potential for conflict between entering and exiting vehicles as well as impact on loading and access associated with the adjoining building at 27 Little Collins Street. 8. The changes to the development required to render it consistent with requirements of the Melbourne Planning Scheme are considered so significant that they cannot be addressed by conditions. Recommendation from management 9. That the Future Melbourne Committee resolves that a letter be sent to the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure advising that the Melbourne City Council objects to the application for the reasons set out in the attached delegate report. Attachments: 1. Supporting Attachment 2. Locality Plan 3. Selected proposed plans 4. Delegate Report Page 2 of 45 Attachment 1 Agenda item 6.5 Future Melbourne Committee 2 September 2014 Supporting Attachment Legal 1. The Minister for Planning is the responsible authority for determining the application. Finance 2. There are no direct financial issues arising from the recommendations contained in this report. Conflict of Interest 3. No member of Council staff, or other person engaged under a contract, involved in advising on or preparing this report has declared a direct or indirect interest in relation to the matter of the report. Stakeholder consultation 4. Council officers have not advertised the application or referred it to any referral authorities. This is the responsibility of the DTPLI acting on behalf of the Minister for Planning who is the responsible authority. Relation to Council policy 5. Relevant Council policies are discussed in the attached delegate report (refer Attachment 4). Environmental sustainability 6. An ESD report forms part of the application submission. It includes the statement that the residential component of the development has the potential to achieve a 5 star Green Star rating. This is consistent with Clause 22.19 of the Melbourne Planning Scheme. 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