Recent content by LJW

Yeh exactly. If you have an existing lot/house (which slopes away from the street), Council will ask that you seek consent from a downstream neighbour first, but will allow you to look at an alternative measure (i.e rubble pit) if the neighbour says no. Liam

Hi Bran. Feel free to PM me about this one. I am the town planner who is currently getting town planning approval for the 7 units next door (and we also designed them). I wouldn't say it is all but approved but at this stage Council looks to be supportive of the additional density that we are...

I second the advice provided by RustyMutt. You may not need an easement over this stormwater pipe if the upstream catchment (your property) is only 2 lots. I have personally approached the adjoining neighbours (for sewer/stormwater consent) for a lot of clients over the years. I would say the...

Hey Wylie To answer your questions RE: zoning, the old Character Residential area (under City Plan 2000) is now called CR2 i.e. Character (Infill Housing) Zone under City Plan 2014, not to be confused with the Character (Character) Zone. Units/townhouses are still supported in the CR2 zone at...

Perfect. I work for AAD Design.

Hey Ben I've previously worked as a town planner in a town planning only consultancy and currently work in a combined building design/town planning consultancy in Brisbane. There are a few benefits in using a company that do both the design and approval, but in reality all good...

Update: We have been in discussion with BCC about this issue for a number of recent projects where Council have only given a discount for the existing house (and not the # of existing lots). This is the latest correspondence that we have received today from Council, which was apparently...

Hi William When you received your development approval from Council (for the 2 into 2 boundary realignment), did you receive an Infrastructure Charges Notice from Council (and then another a notice a few weeks later from QUU)? Infrastructure Charges are levied based on the relevant...

Overland flow can be pretty tricky and it is difficult to provide advice as every single lot affected by overland flow is different and depends on the extent of the overland flow path, catchment size, flow velocity, flood depth etc. How much of the new lot at the rear would be outside of the...

No that is not the case. Under City Plan 2014 you can build a house to 9.5m (but not 3 storeys) as of right (assuming no relevant overlays), regardless of whether or not the site floods. A 3 storey house will require a DA. Also, no. All multi-units (assuming the zoning allows for them) are...

Based on a recent subdivision project that we managed, I would allow approx $230-$250/m for the sewer construction. Note: this was based on a project in Brisbane and included a sewer pipe (approx 65m), 2 manholes and 2 property connections. Cheers, Liam

Hey Beachgurl Have you done any costings for the subdivision as part of your due diligence? If you have purchased the site with only DA approval there could potentially be quite a few outstanding costs. Have you reviewed the conditions of approval for the subdivision? If not, I would...

As gaiusb has mentioned, if you reduce the garage width to 5.7m, the proposed garage is considered single width and therefore A7.4 of the Small Lot Code is N/A. We have received confirmation of this from Brisbane City Council previously. The only problem would be if you wanted to locate the...

I'm a bit late but my thoughts anyway: There's a sewer pipe (and easement) which runs through the rear of the site, which isn't a big deal. The site slopes away from the street approx 2m so you will not be able to gravity feed roofwater/stormwater to Koala Road as a Lawful Point of Discharge...

Hey Ben I had a look at this site a few months ago but I personally thought it was overpriced. At the moment, you could keep the existing house at the front and subdivide at the rear, although you would probably need to demolish the rear deck in order to accommodate the min 600sqm rear lot...