Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2011
Due to the layout of the dwelling, we have designed the garage as an undercroft so we
can have a habitable room to be built on top of this to allow for this room to have a clear
view of the street.
We have views to the northern face of the block that we would like to maximise and the
over height only falls to the front northern portion of the dwelling which we feel will have
no effect on neighbouring properties with regards to overshadowing or overlooking.
Neighbour submission
The application was advertised to the two adjoining properties. One objection was received and
is summarised below:
Submission one (No. 27 Brighton Street)
Setback from western boundary
The proposal clearly shows that the dwelling would be built to abut the boundary on the
perimeter of my property.
No. 25 and No. 27 Brighton Street are both green titled blocks and currently the houses
are clearly separate as a result of the deliberate setbacks from the boundary. The
intended removal of this separation as set out in the proposals through the construction of
the new residence at No. 25 Brighton Street up to the western boundary would effectively
create 'terraced' houses, which is not in keeping whatsoever with the green titles.
I am also significantly concerned that the proximity of the proposed new property to my
property will significantly reduce both direct sun and daylight to habitable rooms in my
property, and will also result in an invasion of my privacy.
Building height
I feel that these height rules are particularly important to ensure that residential areas
such as Brighton Street retain a degree of conformity with regard to scale whilst not
inhibiting the rights of property owners to redevelop.
The height of the proposed new property will also result in significant reductions in both
direct sun and daylight to the habitable rooms along the eastern side of my property. I
request that the height restrictions are therefore enforced and the proposal is modified in
this regard.
It should be noted that objections have also been received in relation to reduction of privacy,
reduction of solar access, not fitting in with other dwellings in the street and the impact on
further development of No. 27 Brighton Street. The issues privacy, solar access and
streetscape have all been assessed as part of this application and are deemed to meet the
acceptable development standards of the R-Codes in relation to the northern (front) and
western (right) boundaries. Each property is assessed individually and on their own merits and
should this application be approved, it will not have any bearing on any future development
application for No. 27 Brighton Street.
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