Author: claudette

Appeal Upheld

Thrilled to have assisted our client in obtaining development consent for a new 2-storey boarding house in the Penrith LGA.

The site had a significant difference in levels between kerb, footpath and front boundary and posed significant issues in relation to both disabled access, vehicular access and waste management.

Contentions raised by Council included arguments relating to:

  • Waste management, including on-site waste infrastructure and waste truck accessibility;
  • Parking and vehicular access,
  • Disabled access
  • Privacy
  • Civil works to the public domain
  • Connectivity between the public domain and the property itself
  • Landscaping
  • Issues raised by resident objectors

Overall, a very pleasing result.

The judgement in full can be found here.

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Appeal Upheld

Very pleased to have assisted our client in negotiating an agreement with Blacktown Council and obtaining approval through the Land & Environment Court for a new generation boarding house in the suburb of Mt Druitt.

The judgement is in the link.

The predominant issue that had to be overcome on this development was the complex flood control issues that had to be engineered considering the location of the development.  Multiple flood modelling had to be carried out to facilitate a final design.  The architecture of the proposal also blends extremely well into its streetscape setting in an R2 zone.

It was also a very satisfying outcome for the client considering the recent amendments to the State Environmental Planning Policy on Affordable Rental Housing which would have rendered this project prohibitive in its zone.

We worked through the issues with the legal representatives for Blacktown Council during the court process to achieve an excellent outcome for the client.

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