Council denies online comments on townhouse proposal
Central Coast Council is preventing online submissions being made about a proposal to build three townhouses at 41 Bogan Rd, Booker Bay.
The council's website states that the proposal is a "current development application" open for public comment for 21 days, closing on December 2.
However, the council's planning portal shows the application (DA3381/2022) as "under assessment", which prevents online submissions being made.
The proposal would see the demolition of a dual occupancy, to be replaced with the two-storey townhouses.
The townhouses would have ground level decks and courtyards.
There would be a 10,000-litre concrete in-ground pool.
The two rear townhouses would have four bedrooms, with the front dwelling having three.
The building is to be constructed in a combination of rendered and painted brick external walls on the lower floor and painted fibro sheeting on the upper floor walls.
It would have aluminium-framed windows and doors, steel garage doors, a pitched steel roof, timber decking and metal balustrades on upper floor balconies.
The proposal exceeds the permitted floor space ratio of 0.5:1, by 31.2 square metres for a ratio of 0.54:1.
The application claims: "The proposed development complies with all relevant chapters and requirements of Central Coast Development Control Plan 2022, particularly the requirements pertaining to multi-dwelling housing, and townhouses specifically."
It states: "Overshadowing of the property to the immediate south at 43 Bogan Rd will be satisfactory or not unreasonable.
"This property has large areas of private open space in a large backyard.
"As shown on the shadow diagrams, this yard is likely to be overshadowed to a minor degree mainly between 9am and 12pm along the northern side of the yard."
It would "continue to obtain in excess of three hours of unobstructed sunlight between 9am and 3pm on June 21", meeting solar access requirements.
SOURCE:
DA Tracker, 13 Nov 2022
DA3381/2022, Central Coast Council