Not sure that there's a great deal to share TBH. We went to DAC (actually the very first DAC meeting last year), they completely hated it but all of their comments were opinionated more than anything so we provided a written response to that effect and made some minor mods to the plans and relodged with Vincent who got the ball rolling with their planners.
We were staring down the barrell of a refusal based on height, and so we arranged a meeting with Alannah, Carlie and the planner dealing with it and Alannah was all for it, being aged care apartments. She had no issue whatsoever with the height but wanted more landscaping so we did. And the Officers had been assessing it against the old MD policy and not the new version which allows for 3 storeys plus loft (size is R80, over 1000sqm), and then an additional storey under the discretion policy if you satisfy x,y,z. We managed to convince them that we satisfy the criteria to get the extra storey and will be going to Council at the end of the month with a recommendation for approval.
The Client is Department of Housing which you would think would make it easier as the WAPC is the determining authority with Vincent only making a recommendation but DoH is adamant on getting a recommendation for approval Vincent first. And I think being DoH made it harder as Vincent have been burnt by DoH in the past with some fairly poor designs and so they're taking a very cautious approach to this one. But we'll get there.
Who's the planner dealing with yours? Initials will do if you dont want to name names?
