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Wondering what the plans are for this property as we are a neighbour that the 3 story house will be looking straight into going by the architects posting on social media .. a bit concerned
To ensure accuracy the below comment that has been posted is inaccurate and not correct.
The design for this site is only 2 stories and not 3 as mentioned.
Also an overlooking assessment has also been completed by the building surveyor to assess this specific overlooking concern with no overlooking line of sight issues present with design compliance confirmed in reference to overlooking requirements.
The design is also fully compliant to the building scheme, compliant to the heritage overlay that has also been assessed and also to the SLO4 overlay that has been assessed.
If the initial persons very valid concerns were inaccurate, that then makes the second persons claims laughable.
As less than half of the 3+ metre "basement" level will be excavated, it makes it an incredibly tall "2 storey."
That would make it at least twice the height of the house on the left, but 3-4x the height of the unit on the right hand side. (Wow)
To then go on and claim there can be no overlooking, when the floor of the balcony/pool on the first floor will be 2 metres above the new fence height and the 3rd storey windows in clear glass are just baseless. Properties on the RHS will have absolutely no privacy. The LHS will see nothing aside from 5-9+ metres of white wall.
It cannot be fully compliant to the building scheme when it is both over height and significantly under setback from boundaries.
Let alone the Heritage or Significant Landscape overlays that apply to "protect sites from innapropriate designs/over development."
I can't believe they've let these plans get this far frankly.
This is in response to ZDP,
Your comments are very inaccurate and somewhat inflammatory.
The design has been assessed against the planning scheme and has passed all compliance requirements as is any overlooking concerns based on how overlooking is assessed. This has been reviewed by the building surveyor with compliance confirmed.
Also building heights are under the maximum building height requirements for this lovation so this is a pass and setbacks are also compliant even though you have made a comment on this also.
3rd story glass is well outside the 9m radius that overlooking is assessed.
The design has conciously addressed the building scheme. You just have to look around to see other homes in the immediate area being build that are no different. This property will have a positive result for neigbouring properties by elevating property prices.
The designs for this look fantastic. Great to see such high quality homes being built in the area as opposed to cheap units. Great for Olde Berwick and for local proeprty values! As for overshadowing concerns, if you live at the bottom of a hill then I’m not sure what you expect. No matter what gets built on the elevation, it will be visible from your yard. The designs for this home appear to be fully compliant regardless… It’s worth mentioning that based on the designs I’ve seen this is not a 3 level home and appears to be 2 storey + basement garage below street level.
