The Planning Place were able to obtain approval for a
Material Change of use for Multiple Dwelling (5 townhouses), two Dwelling
Houses on Small Lots, Building Works for partial demolition of a Pre-1946
Dwelling House, and a Reconfiguring a Lot (3 into 3 lot subdivision) at 12, 14 and 16 Marquis Street, Greenslopes. The
development approval will occur over two stages to allow the developer with
improved finance capacity to progress the development.
As the site is located in an overland flow path, the
development is designed with a suspended built form platform with raised decks,
ramp driveway and manoeuvring areas, and requiring an overland flow easement,
so as to comply with the flood immunity requirements of the Flood Overlay Code.
Attributable to complying with the Flood Overlay Code requirements, The
Planning Place successfully justified attaining a site cover of 65.2%
(including raised slab and decks). The Planning Place also effectively obtained approval for
the small lot pre-1946 dwellings to be subdivided onto their own freehold lots
adding value to the project, while also successfully achieving a lot size of
228m2 under the minimum lot size of 260m2 as prescribed
under the Subdivision Code.
Notably, the client was able to exercise existing land use
rights and development opportunity under the site’s current Low-Medium Density
Residential Zone before the Council’s anticipated major planning scheme
amendment to the City Plan 2014 is brought into place, which seeks to down-zone
numerous properties under the Neighbourhood Local Plan to Character Residential
Zone. What this means is, that following the zone changes, the subsequent
outcome will be reduced development potential due to a reduction in the number
of dwellings that could be established on the subject land size.
