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After asking for clarity yesterday on what seemed a clear statement that big Apartments couldn’t be built in side streets on small sites we got the Council’s reply below.  It seems that there is still Council discretion to allow 10m high, 3 storey apartments on DD08 Precinct a sites less than 1800m2 (2 blocks) because the sections are not mandatory…

…if a lot has an area of less than 1800m2, a townhouse style development proposal only will be considered, but development should be a maximum of two storeys….

We received this explanatory email:  (Key here seems to be that DD08 can mandate things – MSS cannot, and these statements are written in the MSS.)  Continue reading C96 DD08 Precinct A ,small site – Not Safe. →

Manningham Council has used ResCode sloping land guides to overrule DD08 regulations, and approve developments that were too tall.

DD08 is Manningham councils own overlay superseding heights and other details that Rescode would have covered on other sites without a Design & Development Overlay.  This anomaly affects only Precinct A of DD08 where the is NO extra allowance of building height for sloping land. In Precinct B and Rescode sloping land lets you have an extra meter of building height.  The C96 amendment seeks to add this extra height allowance to Precinct A as well. Continue reading Manningham Council ignores its own rules on height limits →

The C96 amendment to planning regulations of DD08 still has some significant flaws. For instance if you compare the existing and proposed regulations the main rd precinct is no smaller than the lesser Precinct A & B !

Compare the three C96 DD08 proposed Precincts, in the context of sites under 1800m2 – one or two average home sites together – the following applies:

 C96 Maximum height for a sloping small site ( under 1800m2)

• Main Rd Precinct : 10 meters maximum height. (discretionary limit.)
  
• Precinct A : 10 meters maximum height. (mandatory limit)
  
• Precinct B: 10m (mandatory limit)
  
• ResCode : 10m ( this is the normal house sites outside of the DD08 high density zones. Continue reading C96 Doesn’t provide enough distinction between precincts →

Well the community feedback night had a good turn out, and plenty of feedback. There were general questions from those new to the challenges of the building regulations, as well as some very specific C96  and panel report issues.

Several councilors attended, thank-you to them : Major Jennifer Yang, Cr Stephen O’Brien, Cr Paul McLiesh, Cr Dot Hayes, and Cr Jim Grivokostopoulos. It was after all their offer that made this happen. Teresa Dominik the Planning director also attended and gave some back ground on the process. I was asked to chair the meeting, which was a little challenging as Continue reading C96 community feeback done – but to what end ? →