Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER 2011
Neighbour Submission
Submission One (No. 35 Ulster Road)
Errors in the design of the property that were not previously identified should be resolved
by the owners within the framework of the existing approval. The onus should be on them
to make compromises in the design.
It is completely unreasonable that we should be asked to approve a major change in the
height of the building for the sake of a toilet.
At the time of the approval the owners agreed to a lowering of the overall height of the
property to take into account the concerns of neighbours. Therefore allowing an increase
now would negate any consideration previously given to the objections and concerns of
neighbours.
The solution to the problem is to forgo the toilet in the undercroft garage. There are
already a number of toilets throughout the house.
Submission Two (No. 4 Donegal Road)
The proposed house already exceeds the height allowed so an increase in its already
oversized bulk will have an adverse impact on our property.
The obvious solution to the builder's problem is to delete the additional toilet from the
design.
Following the advertising period, and as a result of concerns raised by the adjoining
landowners, the applicant submitted amended plans which reduced the requested increase in
floor levels from an increase of 400mm to an increase of 250mm.
Assessment Against the Performance Criteria
Wall Height
Proposed
Acceptable Development Provision
Wall Height for pitched roof 6.73 metres 6.0 metres measured to top of
eaves beneath pitched roof above
NGL below wall.
Performance Criteria:
Building height consistent with the desired height of buildings in the locality, and to recognize
the need to protect the amenities of adjoining properties, including, where appropriate:-
adequate direct sun to buildings and appurtenant open spaces;
adequate daylight to major openings to habitable rooms; and
access to views of significance.
As the proposed dwelling is a two storey structure on a sloping lot, the development proposes a
maximum height to the top of the wall at the front right hand side of the two storey of 6.73
metres (the applicant is increasing the floor levels by 250mm but not reducing any ceiling
heights within the frame of the building).
The applicant has now propsoed a finished floor level of 12.250 metres RL, which is
approximately 850 millimetres lower than the floor level of the existing dwelling and is 850
millimetres above the finished floor level of the adjoining dwelling to the north. Due to the
slope of the land down the lot, the dwelling becomes a two and a half storey structure at the
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