Development/planning permit approvals

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• Orringa Street, Wurtulla (Sunshine Coast)

'Code' assessable approval for side-by-side 2 x storey dual occupancy on 555m2 lot, with an 18.5 m frontage, with double width garages front entrances, 1.5 m side setbacks, <50% and <30% ground and upper storey footprints, and 3 bedrooms.​ 

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NB: Read the planning report aup town planning drafted for this development here.

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• 'Flame tree hill', Mandalay (Whitsunday Regional Council)

Mobile telecommunications base station with 30 m monopole - with micro-wave signal reception and transmission appliances - requiring compliance with Local government planning scheme provisions, the (Qld.) Planning Regulation, and Cth. Government telecommunications infrastructure legislation - on at a community sporting precinct south of Airlie Beach.

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NB: read the planning report aup town planning drafted for this development here.

  

• xxxxx, Bardon (Brisbane City Council) 

Mobile telecommunications base station with 24 m monopole and micro-wave reception and transmission appliances on a privately owned petrol filling station site, abutted by dwellings and commercial land uses.  

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Due diligence investigation & development feasibility assessment

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• Sugar Bag Road, Caloundra West (Sunshine Coast)

Advice concerning subdivision and development options for a 1.8 ha site on Rural-residential and affected by multiple overlays (including native vegetation and local waterways conservation overlays, a sloped site overlay, and maximum building heights (8.5 m) overlay).

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NB: Read the due diligence investigation and development feasibility report aup town panning prepared for this proposed subdivision here.

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• Steve Irwin Way, Beewah (Sunshine Coast)

Prior to purchase advice regarding future subdivision, land use, and development opportunities for a Rural Zoned parcel of land, covered by native vegetation and local waterways protection overlays, used previously for non-rural uses, at the fringe of a large hinterland township - abutted by an aged care facility, local waterways, in a major road and public transport corridor.

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• Yokala Parade, Alexandra Headlands (Sunshine Coast)

The clients sought my advice as a 'last thought' prior to purchasing for a dual occupancy - and hadn't looked at site because of its location (Alexandra Headlands) and because it was advertised as a 'potential dual occupancy site'.  On inspection the site was heavily constrained in terms of slope, size and shape, even though it was zoned LDRZ and was not covered by any overlays.  As this was going to be their first property development project my advice was not to purchase the site - because it would require expert engineering and design to develop the site - which would prove expensive complicated and "not a good project to start with". 

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• Home business, Moffat Beach (Sunshine Coast)

Advice provided to a client interested in starting up a new food preparation business. I suggested she look initially at a home business until the business scales up and requires more space. I prepared advice following an infiltration of the planning scheme's home business provisions, and local and state government food preparation and handling legislation, regulations, guidelines, and licensing requirements. 

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NB: Read the advice we provided here.

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• Steve Irwin Way, Beewah, Sunshine Coast

Following site purchase - aup town planning was re-engaged to undertake a thorough land use and development options investigation for a site in the Rural Zone, but not suitable for future rural use.  This investigation involved reviewing existing planning scheme and Planning Regulation provisions, then undertaking a thorough review of the site and context to determine emerging land use patterns.

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• Sugar Bag Road, Caloundra West (Sunshine Coast)

aup town planning undertook further investigations - on the instructions of the landowners - to determine the extent to which the (rural residential) zone and overlays would constrain lot yield for 600m3 lots - with the exiting dwelling retained. This investigation revealed abutting rural-residential lots had been subdivided of well under 600m2 - and that clear felling of native vegetation in a koala habitat conservation area had also been approved on a nearby lot that was subdivided into 4 x lot urban subdivision approval. It was recommended that further investigations be undertaken to determine the circumstances surrounding these recent subdivision approvals.

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Submission to Council 

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• Steve Irwin Way, Beewah, Sunshine Coast

The best and highest use for this site - based on prior investigations (refer above) was for a mixed-use development including medium density residential and 'business activity'. These are both 'innominate' uses in the Rural Zone, inconsistent with the zone's purpose, and therefore unlikely to be supported by Council under normal circumstances.  aup town planning prepared a submission to Council seeking 'in principle' approval for these uses - despite their inconsistency with the zone - arguing the site was mis-zoned. This was based on our knowledge and experience of the planning scheme, legislation, regulations - and research - and was able to demonstrate the site was not suited to rural land use activities and was being surrounded by housing in an emerging residential (urban) - where farming is in decline, and where emerging local and state government policies indicated future growth would be supported. This assessment was supported by recent Supreme Court town panning decisions.

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NB: NB: Read the submission to SCRC here.