Decision deferred on Webb Rd flats

Council has deferred a decision on a six-unit two-storey development in Webb Rd, Booker Bay, until its meeting of March 8.

The proposal is to demolish the existing houses and structures on the sites and to construct a six-unit residential flat building which would include two buildings containing three units each, with 12 garage spaces.

The applicant has submitted an objection to a council clause which limits the maximum height planes for units, as the units exceed the heights slightly on the upper levels of three of the units.

The limits also affect part of the privacy screens on the upper level decks of the three other units.

Council officers have supported the objection as the encroachments are only minor and do not contribute to overshadowing of neighbouring properties.

A staff report to the council meeting stated that "strict compliance with the standard is unreasonable and unnecessary in the circumstance".

Council's tree management officer also stated that two "over-mature" cheese trees in the backyard of the site would have to be removed for the proposed development, and that this was acceptable.

Council officers have recommended approval for the development.

Council agenda DH.22, March 1