Appeal against DA for 152 Wharf St
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Hi, my name is Neil Peach and I am a resident of Spring Hill and have commenced a Planning and Environment Court appeal against a Development Approval for 152 Wharf Street Spring Hill. I am very passionate about Spring Hill's history, culture, people, buildings and its value to the wider community as Brisbane's first suburb.
This development approval granted by the Brisbane City Council is a complete overdevelopment of the site. It does not conform to the new Spring Hill Neighbourhood Plan, which was adopted by the Council on the 31st July 2018 and to be implemented on the 14th September 2018.
This new neighbourhood planning instrument significantly increased the development height, bulk and scale within the Spring Hill suburb , whilst the proposed development at 152 Wharf Street reaches well in excess of these increased neighbourhood planning controls.
I am seeking community support to be able to fully implement this appeal through to the inevitable Court Hearings in order to ensure the new Spring Hill Neighbourhood Plan is not eroded by the the very first development that is approved under its provisions. I have funded this appeal up to this point and will continue to do so, but your assistance to ensure the integrity and controls of the Neighbourhood Plan are upheld in Spring Hill would be greatly appreciated.
The commercial building is excessively large with a GFA of 26,654m2 on this size site. The setbacks are inadequate; the site coverage is excessive at 74% (well above the Neighbourhood Plan), the impact on the adjoining property is unreasonable and the size and scale of the proposal is completely out of 'context' with its surroundings.
It is not a tall and slender building similar to a residential scheme on the site or what is required under the Neighbourhood Plan, it is an obscene overdevelopment. The set backs required in the Neighbourhood Plan are completely ignored.
For example, all 3 street facing sides above the podium levels are required to have a set back of 6 metres, whilst the proposed building ranges between 0.9 - 1.48 metres or approximately an 80% reduction, creating non compliance with the Neighbourhood Plan that has just been adopted to control this type of over development in Spring Hill.
It will completely stand out in the Spring Hill area and personifies the pure definition of overdevelopment. I am a supporter of good development that is within the realms of operating Planning Schemes, but the proposal at 152 Wharf Street is not good development and sets precedents that newly adopted Neighbourhood Planning controls can be ignored.
The developer behind this project is a Canberra based organisation called MPG (Barry Morris) which are well known for being involved in many Federal Government leasing and development deals around the country. The Courier Mail reported on the 2nd May 2018 that the Australian Tax Office was moving to this location. The ATO are reported to be currently in the leasing market for a combined total NLA of 24,000m2 of space in Brisbane. This size requirement fits within the proposed building......... coincidence or not?
The Brisbane City Council's processes also need to be questioned as this application was lodged on the 22nd January 2018 for a full Impact Assessment Application requiring public notification. In excess of 30 properly made submissions were lodged with Council objecting to the overdevelopment and other non compliance matters of the proposal.
Council approved the development on the 13th April 2018, without any changes to the proposal, ignored the 30 + submissions made. This is less than 12 weeks!!!.
This timeframe for a development application that received so many submissions is not consistent with normal and accepted development application processing timeframes, in fact this is UNHEARD OF!!
What pressure was applied to the Council to approve this development so quickly and without reference to the new Neighbourhood Plan controls and the properly made submissions............... coincidence or not?
Spring Hill is not the CBD - this size development on this site is not suited to Spring Hill.
The table below illustrates exactly how out of scale proposed commercial development is. The complete disregard by the development and the Council who approved the scheme of the Neighbourhood’s Plan’s setbacks is appalling.
It is also relevant to note that even through the development proposes 27 levels, these are commercial levels, which have larger slab to slab measurements (500mm plus per level) than that of a 30-storey residential building. It is possible that a 27-storey commercial building is equivalent to that of a 35-storey residential building.
Help me with your kind donations to preserve the Planning Scheme controls that our Council have seemed to wish to ignore on a brand new Neighbourhood Plan for Spring Hill.
This development approval granted by the Brisbane City Council is a complete overdevelopment of the site. It does not conform to the new Spring Hill Neighbourhood Plan, which was adopted by the Council on the 31st July 2018 and to be implemented on the 14th September 2018.
This new neighbourhood planning instrument significantly increased the development height, bulk and scale within the Spring Hill suburb , whilst the proposed development at 152 Wharf Street reaches well in excess of these increased neighbourhood planning controls.
I am seeking community support to be able to fully implement this appeal through to the inevitable Court Hearings in order to ensure the new Spring Hill Neighbourhood Plan is not eroded by the the very first development that is approved under its provisions. I have funded this appeal up to this point and will continue to do so, but your assistance to ensure the integrity and controls of the Neighbourhood Plan are upheld in Spring Hill would be greatly appreciated.
The commercial building is excessively large with a GFA of 26,654m2 on this size site. The setbacks are inadequate; the site coverage is excessive at 74% (well above the Neighbourhood Plan), the impact on the adjoining property is unreasonable and the size and scale of the proposal is completely out of 'context' with its surroundings.
It is not a tall and slender building similar to a residential scheme on the site or what is required under the Neighbourhood Plan, it is an obscene overdevelopment. The set backs required in the Neighbourhood Plan are completely ignored.
For example, all 3 street facing sides above the podium levels are required to have a set back of 6 metres, whilst the proposed building ranges between 0.9 - 1.48 metres or approximately an 80% reduction, creating non compliance with the Neighbourhood Plan that has just been adopted to control this type of over development in Spring Hill.
It will completely stand out in the Spring Hill area and personifies the pure definition of overdevelopment. I am a supporter of good development that is within the realms of operating Planning Schemes, but the proposal at 152 Wharf Street is not good development and sets precedents that newly adopted Neighbourhood Planning controls can be ignored.
The developer behind this project is a Canberra based organisation called MPG (Barry Morris) which are well known for being involved in many Federal Government leasing and development deals around the country. The Courier Mail reported on the 2nd May 2018 that the Australian Tax Office was moving to this location. The ATO are reported to be currently in the leasing market for a combined total NLA of 24,000m2 of space in Brisbane. This size requirement fits within the proposed building......... coincidence or not?
The Brisbane City Council's processes also need to be questioned as this application was lodged on the 22nd January 2018 for a full Impact Assessment Application requiring public notification. In excess of 30 properly made submissions were lodged with Council objecting to the overdevelopment and other non compliance matters of the proposal.
Council approved the development on the 13th April 2018, without any changes to the proposal, ignored the 30 + submissions made. This is less than 12 weeks!!!.
This timeframe for a development application that received so many submissions is not consistent with normal and accepted development application processing timeframes, in fact this is UNHEARD OF!!
What pressure was applied to the Council to approve this development so quickly and without reference to the new Neighbourhood Plan controls and the properly made submissions............... coincidence or not?
Spring Hill is not the CBD - this size development on this site is not suited to Spring Hill.
The table below illustrates exactly how out of scale proposed commercial development is. The complete disregard by the development and the Council who approved the scheme of the Neighbourhood’s Plan’s setbacks is appalling.
It is also relevant to note that even through the development proposes 27 levels, these are commercial levels, which have larger slab to slab measurements (500mm plus per level) than that of a 30-storey residential building. It is possible that a 27-storey commercial building is equivalent to that of a 35-storey residential building.
Help me with your kind donations to preserve the Planning Scheme controls that our Council have seemed to wish to ignore on a brand new Neighbourhood Plan for Spring Hill.
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Neil Peach
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Petrie Terrace QLD
