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1 & 1A Lamond Drive, 1444 &
1444A Pacific Highway,
Turramurra
Item 20
DA1099/04
13 April 2005
Part 4.8 Resource, energy and water efficiency:
DCP55 requires 90% <strong>of</strong> units <strong>to</strong> meet with the NatHERS rating <strong>of</strong> 4.5 stars and above. The
application proposes 100% <strong>of</strong> the units meet the 3.5 star NatHERS rating and 80% <strong>of</strong> units that
comply with the NatHERS 4.5 star rating. 65% <strong>of</strong> the units actually achieve a 5 star rating which
exceeds the DCP requirements.
Part 5.0 Parking and vehicular access:
Car parking, vehicular access and egress <strong>to</strong> the site are satisfac<strong>to</strong>ry. A condition could <strong>be</strong> imposed
by the Development Engineer requires that the applicant seek <strong>to</strong> install no-right turn signage at the
intersection which will restrict access <strong>to</strong> and from Lamond Ave <strong>to</strong> a left in, left out movement only.
The installation <strong>of</strong> this signage would <strong>be</strong> subject <strong>to</strong> the final approval <strong>of</strong> the RTA (who will require
a Traffic Management Plan (TMP) <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> prepared). In the interests <strong>of</strong> safety during construction,
this signage would <strong>be</strong> put in place prior <strong>to</strong> the commencement <strong>of</strong> any works on site.
Development Control Code - Finlay Road, Lamond Drive and Duff Street precinct,
Turramurra - Design Principles.
The purpose <strong>of</strong> the Code (adopted 5 April 2005) is <strong>to</strong> provide design principles <strong>to</strong> guide the future
development <strong>of</strong> land in the vicinity <strong>of</strong> Finlay Road, Lamond Drive and Duff Street, Turramurra for
the purpose <strong>of</strong> residential flat buildings.
The design principles contained in this code are <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> considered in the assessment <strong>of</strong> any
application for a residential flat building on land covered by this Code in accordance with clause
33(d) <strong>of</strong> the Ku-ring-gai Planning Scheme Ordinance 1971 (as amended).
1. New development will respond <strong>to</strong> the site <strong>to</strong>pography (Figure 1) by:
(a) Locating new buildings within existing terraced areas formed by existing pools;
(b) Avoiding the steep lower (southern) slopes <strong>of</strong> the site (refer site analysis);
(c) Allow for natural overland flow so as <strong>to</strong> minimise changes <strong>to</strong> the site hydrology; and
(d) New buildings <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> located <strong>to</strong> align with the <strong>to</strong>pography (perpendicular <strong>to</strong>, or parallel
<strong>to</strong>, the con<strong>to</strong>urs).
The building footprint will occupy the area <strong>of</strong> four dwellings, part <strong>of</strong> the tennis court and the two
pools already on site. Although the building is not designed parallel <strong>to</strong> the con<strong>to</strong>urs, it is <strong>of</strong> a
receding tier design that responds <strong>to</strong> the steep slope. The natural overland flow <strong>of</strong> the property is
affected through the extensive excavation required for the five basement parking levels.
2. The existing tree canopy and remnant vegetation on the site (Figure 2 & 3) will <strong>be</strong> protected
by:
(a) Locating new buildings within the areas currently occupied by the footprints <strong>of</strong> existing
dwellings and other large structures such as pools and tennis courts;
(b) Locating buildings outside the drip-line <strong>of</strong> trees in the central area <strong>of</strong> the site;
(c) Protecting the vegetation on the steep lower slopes;
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