Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 28 AUGUST 2012
Applicant's justification
The applicant has provided written justification for the variations to the acceptable
development provisions relating to the roof pitch variation.
Performance criteria assessment
Roof pitch in West Leederville
Primary roof visible from
street
Performance criteria:
Proposed
5 degree pitch skillion
roof
Acceptable development
provision
Primary roofs of a dwelling that
are visible from the street are
hipped and/or gabled, and have a
pitch between 30 and 40
degrees.
• Buildings which respect the height, massing and roof pitches of existing housing in the
street and immediate locality;
Buildings which respect the architectural styles which characterise the immediate
locality; and
Buildings which relate to the palette of materials and colours which are characteristic of
housing in the immediate locality.
The applicant proposes a skillion roof with a pitch of 5 degrees in lieu of the requirement
within West Leederville of a hipped and/or gabled roof with a roof pitch of between 30 and 40
degrees. Roof pitches of between 30 and 40 degrees reflect the architectural style of the
existing residential stock in the locality with most of the dwellings along St Leonards Avenue
having been designed with roof pitches reflecting this characteristic.
The applicant has provided several examples of dwellings with roof pitches of less than 30
degrees on St Leonards Avenue, however these examples were approved under redundant
policies relating to roof pitch and do not set a precedent for any new dwellings to be
approved by the Town with similar low roof pitches. In addition, these roof pitches, whilst not
pitched/gabled roofs of 30 degrees, were designed to reflect the character of the West
Leederville precinct which is what the previous roof pitch policies required. The proposed
dwelling would appear as a low pitched skillion roof from the street and is therefore not
considered to respect the existing and desired architectural style or character of dwellings
within the immediate locality.
Overall, it is considered that the proposed roof pitch does not comply with the performance
criteria for the following reason:
• the roof form does not respect the architectural styles which characterise the
immediate locality.
POLICY/STATUTORY IMPLICATIONS:
There are no policy or statutory implications related to this report. The proposal was
assessed against the provisions of the Residential Design Codes (R Codes), Town Planning
Scheme No.1, and the Town Planning Scheme Policy Manual.
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