Page 4303 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 29 November 1994

MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND PLANNING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 1440

Dual Occupancies - Banks

Mr Moore - Asked the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning -

(1) Would the Minister state specifically on what "qualitative" grounds the six out of seven dual occupancies in Banks were rejected.

Mr Wood - the answer to the Members question is as follows:

(1) The applications failed to comply with the Territory Plan Part B1 Residential Land

Use Policies Objectives which are to "ensure that the scale and character of the

development is compatible with the surrounding areas and does not unacceptably

affect the amenity of nearby residents"; and that the cumulative effect of these

proposals, together with the other dual occupancies already in the vicinity, would

be unacceptable.

There were also technical departures from the Residential Design and Siting Code for Multi-Dwelling Developments including:

e privacy and amenity issues related to lack of effective screening, placement

of private open space and placement of driveways;

poor design for solar access and energy efficiency;

parking facilities and driveway detracting from streetscape amenity;

massing dwelling group not providing visual variety and interest;

lack of externally accessible storage and screened clothes drying areas;

poor landscaping design.

4303