Council Minutes - Town of Cambridge

COUNCIL MINUTES
TUESDAY 28 AUGUST 2012
BACKGROUND:
February 2008
Council adopted a progressive approach to the review of the Town Planning Scheme
commencing with the development of the Local Planning Strategy and the West Leederville
Planning and Urban Design Study (Item DV08.20).
December 2010
Adoption of the West Leederville Planning and Urban Design Study (Item DV10.122) shifted
the focus towards implementation of the Study and the drafting, advertising and adoption of
the necessary Town Planning Scheme amendments. While progress is being made with the
drafting of the Town Planning Scheme amendments (being facilitated through the Scheme
Review Steering Committee), the initiation of an amendment to Town Planning Scheme No.
1 is still some time away.
To provide clarity in regard to the assessment of development applications for the existing
West Leederville commercial areas, particularly where there were inconsistencies between
the West Leederville Study and current Scheme provisions, it was proposed as an interim
measure to amend Policy 6.5 - Precinct P5: West Leederville to reflect the proposed new
development standards identified by the West Leederville Planning and Urban Design Study.
Council Meeting - 20 December 2011
Concerns arising from the assessment of the development proposal for 110 Cambridge
Street (seven storey mixed use development comprising two shops and 79 multiple
dwellings) prompted a review of the West Leederville Precinct Policy and an amended draft
Policy was adopted by Council for advertising (Item DV11.129). Advertising took place
during the months of January and February 2012. Nine written submissions were received
and a number of comments were also received as part of submissions on the development
application for 110 Cambridge Street. No comment was received from the WAPC.
Council Meeting - 27 March 2012
A report on the outcomes of advertising the proposed draft Policy 6.5 - Precinct P5: West
Leederville and subsequent amendments to development standards was considered and
Council decided to adopt the amended Policy and to provide the necessary notification in a
local newspaper, as well as advise the WAPC and community members who made
submissions about Council's adoption of the Policy.
However, in light of concerns arising following the assessment of the development proposal
for 110 Cambridge Street (refused by the Metro West Development Assessment Panel on
18 April 2012) against the adopted Policy a further review of the Policy was prompted. As
such, the Administration did not advertise the adoption of the amended Policy, notify
community members who made a submission, nor provide a copy to the WAPC, as initially
required by Council's decision.
Council Meeting - 26 June 2012
The revised Policy reconsidered by Council (Item DV10.2) included amendments to more
clearly express the intent in regards to development in the Precinct. In summary the
revisions and format changes incorporated the following:-
• distinction between the primary commercial areas (Southport Street and Cambridge
High Street) from other commercial areas in the Precinct;
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