Reply: 1.1
From: Mike .
Hi Jay,
Have you had a pre-application meeting yet with the council's planning/development officer? This meeting can be useful to clarify how much detail to include in the application. The most important element is the site plans. If you have covered everything in the drawings, there will be little need for lengthy descriptions. The planning officer should be able to offer guidance in this respect.
Something else the meeting ought to clarify for you is whether you need professional assistance to do the application. It would help your cause to produce a professional and polished looking application. Discuss this issue at the meeting. If necessary, use a planning consultant to prepare the application for you. If this is your first time, use it as an educational experience.
Regards, Mike
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PS: An interesting site
http://www.palm.act.gov.au/application_forms/
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Here is an example of a development proposal.
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BRADDON
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Development Application 20022115
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98-100 NORTHBOURNE AVENUE Blocks: 5, 6 Section: 18
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Proposal: KYTHERA REDEVELOPMENT - DA 20021225 - DESIGN AND SITING APPROVAL - 147 residential apartments and associated recreational facilities and commercial space on ground floor; and DA 20021225A - LEASE VARIATION - Incorporate a lease variation in DA 20021225 as follows: To vary the lease by replacing subclauses 3(a) and 3(b) of the Crown lease with the following: To use the said land for one or more of the following purposes -
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(i) Business Agency;
(ii) Drink Establishment;
(iii) Financial Establishment;
(iv) Health Facility;
(v) Office;
(vi) Personal Services;
(vii) Not more than 148 residential dwellings and associated facilities which may include office, reception, general circulation, stairs, plant and equipment rooms, gymnasium and swimming pool;
(viii) Restaurant PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT the aggregate gross floor area for uses other than (vii) above does not exceed 850 squares metres and PROVIDED FURTHER THAT the total gross floor area for the building does not exceed 20000 m2 of which not less than 3500 square metres shall be used for non-basement carparking.
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(NB Preliminary Assessment and the above Development Applications are being concurrently notified.) Open the attached PDF file to read PALM's Preliminary Assessment or link to:
http://www.palm.act.gov.au/planning_and_development/environmental_planning/kythera/5-6of18braddon.pdf
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Period for comments closes 7 June 2002