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COUNCIL MINUTES TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 DETAILS: Development description • The subject site is on the corner of Railway Parade and Southport Street. Currently situated on the site is a single storey commercial building (previously owned and occupied by Odgaard Jewellers). A small parking area is located in front of the building facing Railway Parade. • The site slopes down approximately 2.8 metres from the south-western corner (Railway Parade) to the north-eastern corner (Southport Street). • The proposed development comprises:- o Undercroft: seven car parking bays accessed from the existing (but widened) crossover off Southport Street. o Ground floor: one tenancy (proposed café) fronting Railway Parade with alfresco dining in the Railway Parade street frontage, and the main car parking area (13 car parking bays and bicycle racks), accessed from a new driveway off Southport Street. o First floor: two office tenancies (157m 2 and 309 m 2 ). o Second floor: two office tenancies (157m 2 and 309 m 2 ). • There is a total of 1008 m 2 of commercial net floor area, which equates to a plot ratio of 1.4:1 for the site. • 20 car parking bays are proposed. Cambridge’s parking policy requires a total of 58 car bays. Shortfall is 65%. Applicant’s submission The applicant has provided the following submission in relation to the amended plans, in particular the cash in lieu payment: In reference to our current development application approval for the above mentioned property. Following on from our letter dated 1 October 2012 outlining how we were unable to obtain the legal right from the adjoining owner of 7-9 Southport Street to use the easement for access to our car bays. This has meant a redesign and a reduction in the car bays we were able to achieve. We now ask for compassion and leniency from the Council in relation to the cash in lieu payment required for the shortfall of the car bays. If our neighbour has agreed to our original design we would have paid the Council $50,000 cash in lieu. Now our redesign has our cash in lieu amount at $87,500. On top of this additional cost we have spent six months of extra holding costs, considerable legal fees and redesigning fees from all the consultants. We ask if the council would consider keeping our cash in lieu payment as close to the original $50,000 as possible. H:\CEO\GOV\COUNCIL MINUTES\12 MINUTES\NOVEMBER 2012\B DV.DOCX 9
COUNCIL MINUTES TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2012 Assessment The table below shows the comparison between the original approved plans, the approved amended plans, and current amended plans: Original approved plans (Dec 2011) Amended approved plans (March 2012) Current amended plans (Nov 2012) Undercroft 6 car bays accessed 10 tandem car bays 7 car bays accessed from rear laneway accessed from rear from existing (widened) laneway crossover off Southport Street Ground One tenancy and 13 car One tenancy and 13 car One tenancy and 13 car bays accessed from bays accessed from bays accessed from new driveway from new driveway from new driveway from Southport Street Southport Street Southport Street First Three tenancies Two tenancies and one balcony Two tenancies and one balcony Second Three tenancies Two tenancies and one balcony Two tenancies and one balcony Total plot 1.63:1 1.4:1 1.4:1 ratio Total car parking proposed 19 bays 23 bays 20 bays The original December 2011 planning approval for the development included a 0.4:1 bonus plot ratio on the basis that the proposed development would cede land (or secure via an easement) to sufficiently allow effective widening of the neighbour's accessway to allow for two-way traffic (0.2:1 bonus), and would provide parking behind street front tenancies (0.2:1 bonus). Whilst the plan to cede land has not at this time been successful, the applicant has designed the development to easily allow this at a later date, by ensuring no building is located in this 2.0 metre wide area at the rear of the development, and installing only bollards separating the undercroft parking area from the existing laneway. Should access from this laneway be granted, the applicant would revert to his amended approved plan which showed a total of ten tandem bays in the undercroft, directly accessed from the rear laneway. Furthermore, the widened accessway would provide benefits to the adjoining properties that use the accessway. In view of these comments, it is considered acceptable to allow the bonus plot ratio of 0.4:1. With regard to car parking, the amended plans show two parallel car bays in the undercroft parking area that are located in the 2.0 metre wide area previously set aside for the widening of the accessway. These car bays will be used by staff and/or visitors to the development, and should be counted as car bays for the purpose of assessing shortfall and therefore cash in lieu. The Council report on the original application calculated a parking requirement of 27 bays after factoring an office car parking requirement for the restaurant, and a 20% discount for the provision of bicycle facilities and proximity to public transport and an assumption that the plot ratio would be reduced to 1.4:1. The shortfall is now 7 bays, and therefore Condition (d) has been amended to reflect this. Original Condition (i) requiring the applicant to provide confirmation of a legal right of carriageway to the rear laneway has been deleted as all car parking is to be accessed from Southport Street, and Condition (a) specifying a plot ratio of 1.4:1 has been deleted as the plans show this plot ratio achieved. Conditions (b) and (c) have also been deleted as the H:\CEO\GOV\COUNCIL MINUTES\12 MINUTES\NOVEMBER 2012\B DV.DOCX 10
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