Proposal to replace single dwelling with three
A single-dwelling house on the corner of Blackwall Rd and Farnell Rd is to be replaced with a two-storey multi-housing development with three dwellings based on a proposal before Central Coast Council.
The consultant acting on behalf of the developer, Clarke Dowdle and Assoc, conceded the proposal, when assessed against the major provisions of the Gosford DCP 2013, did not comply with Council's requirements for setbacks, car parking or open space.
However, the consultant claimed: "The development is consistent with the objectives of the DCP.
"When taking into context the Woy Woy, Umina, Ettalong locale, the proposal is essentially the same as what has been established historically and more recently under the current DCP."
The application to Council lists 14 approvals of multi-unit development in the last four years which it claimed had the same design scale, height, setbacks, site cover and parking.
"Council in its planning assessment has conceded that the prescriptive requirements outlined within the Multi-Unit Housing and Residential Flat Buildings chapter are unrealistic for medium density development to occur within the Peninsula area," the developer argued in its application to Council.
"The economic feasibility to consolidate allotments and provide such little yield due to the loss of land available in regards to the required setbacks is onerous and rather the assessment of villa style development has been taken into account the context of what has been established and recently been approved by Council.
The regular shaped allotment is legally described as Lot 38 within DP 6846 and is known as 193 Blackwall Rd, Woy Woy.
The site is located on the north-western corner of the intersection between Blackwall Rd and Farnell Rd.
The 822 square metre, rhombus shaped, site has a width of 14 metres and a depth of 57.15 metres.
Access is proposed via Farnell Rd with garages provided for each unit.
The proposed units include front courtyard fencing that provide sufficient areas to store mobile waste collection bins away from the street and from the courtyard areas within the site.
According to the developer, multi-unit or villa development has become the dominant form of the residential accommodation within the R1 Medium Density Zone and "thus it is considered that villa development can be still considered as essentially relatively low density development (when compared multi-storey development that is now becoming prevalent in the city centres) that allows suitable accommodation to cater for two and three bedroom dwellings to be erected on suburban sized allotments and be strata titled allowing appropriate tenure and separate titles to be established".
SOURCE:
Gosford DA Tracker, 5 Apr 2018
DA54017/2018, Central Coast Council