MINUTES OF Local Planning Panel meeting
Held at Council Chambers, HORNSBY
on Wednesday 27
June 2018
at 6:30pm

PRESENT
Chairperson - Garry Fielding
Expert Panel Member – Lynda McClure
Expert Panel Member – Juliet Grant
Community Member – Barbra Wynn (Item 4)
Community Member - Jerome Cox (Items 2 and 3)
STAFF PRESENT
Group Manager, Planning Division - James Farrington
Manager Development Assessments – Rod Pickles
Team Coordinator – Phil Vergison
Senior Town Planner – Matthew Miles
Town Planner – Ben Jones
Town Planner – Tomasz Mojsiejuk
The Meeting commenced at 6.30pm.
AUDIO
RECORDING OF LOCAL PLANNING PANEL MEETING
Statement by the Chairman:
"I advise all present that tonight's meeting is being audio
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declarations of PECUNIARY interest
There were no declarations of
Pecuniary Interest.
ADDRESSES TO THE PANEL
The following members of the
public addressed the Panel on items on the agenda:
LPP12/18 Development Application
- Demolition of a Dwelling and Construction of a 60 place Child Care Centre
with Basement Car Parking - 2A Berowra Road, Mount Colah
Damian Finn - Against
Jan Primrose – Against
Wayne Gersbach (Planner) - For
LPP18/18 Demolition of existing
structures and erection of a 5 storey residential flat building comprising 38
units with a rooftop terrace and basement car park - 21 - 27 Station Street,
Thornleigh
Kathyrn Gregson - Against
Jan Primrose – Against
Aleks Jelicic
(Architect/urban design) – For
LPP21/18 Further Report -
Alterations and Additions to a Dwelling House - 7 Kooringal Avenue, Thornleigh
Elizabeth Corderoy - Against
Jan Primrose – Against
Nick Blackwell (Applicant) - For
LPP22/18 Further Report -
Alterations and Additions to a Dwelling House - 7 Kooringal Avenue, Thornleigh
Bruce Carter - Against
Jan Primrose – Against
Tony Wang - For
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE 3.3(5.b) OF SCHEDULE 1 OF THE
OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES DIRECTIONS ISSUED 23 FEBRUARY 2018.
The Panel Chair closed the public meeting at 7:38pm for
deliberation, voting and determination.
Local Planning Panel
1 LPP12/18 Development
Application - Demolition of a Dwelling and Construction of a 60 place Child
Care Centre with Basement Car Parking - 2A Berowra Road, Mount Colah
(DA/712/2017)
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RECOMMENDATION
THAT Development Application No. DA/712/2017 for
demolition of an existing dwelling and construction of a purpose built 56
place child care centre with basement car parking at Lot 11 DP 551828, No.2A
Berowra Road, Mount Colah be approved as detailed in Schedule 1 of LPP Report
No. LPP12/18.
PANEL’S DETERMINATION
Recommendation adopted, subject to amended conditions set
out below.
·
Condition 2. b) i) – the upper floor window in the
eastern elevation comprise obscure glazing.
The reasons for the Panel’s determination are:
·
The proposed development generally complies with the
requirements of the relevant environmental planning instruments and
development control plan.
·
The proposed development would provide a positive social
contribution to the local community by providing additional child care
options.
·
The applicant has amended the proposal from that originally
submitted to address issues relating to acoustics, landscaping and design to
provide a better outcome for adjoining developments and the functioning of the
site.
VOTING OF THE PANEL MEMBERS
FOR: Garry
Fielding, Juliet Grant, Lynda McClure.
AGAINST: Nil
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2 LPP18/18 Demolition
of existing structures and erection of a 5 storey residential flat building
comprising 38 units with a rooftop terrace and basement car park - 21 - 27
Station Street, Thornleigh
(DA/147/2018)
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RECOMMENDATION
THAT the
Hornsby Shire Council Local Planning Panel assume the concurrence of the
Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment pursuant to Clause
4.6 of the Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 and approve
Development Application No. DA/147/2018 for demolition of existing structures
and erection of a 5 storey residential flat building comprising 38 units with
a rooftop garden and basement car park at Lots 28 and 29 Sec 3 DP 1854 and
Lots 300 and 301 DP 1193643, Nos. 21–27 Station Street, Thornleigh
subject to the conditions of consent detailed in Schedule 1 of LPP Report No.
LPP18/18.
PANEL’S DETERMINATION
Recommendation adopted, subject to amended conditions set
out below.
·
Plans to be amended to include a larger window to bedroom 2 for
Units 4, 11, 20 and 29 to improve cross ventilation within the units. The
window for Unit 4 shall be a highlight window.
·
The planter box for the roof top terrace be extended along the
eastern side of the terrace with a minimum width of 1.5 metres.
The reasons for the Panel’s determination are:
·
The proposal results in an appropriate scale of development and
satisfactorily complies with the relevant provisions SEPP65 and the
HDCP.
·
The request under Clause 4.6 of Hornsby Local Environmental
Plan 2013 to vary to the maximum building height is well founded. Strict
compliance with the development standard in unreasonable and unnecessary in
the circumstances of the case and there are sufficient environmental planning
grounds to justify the variation to the development standard.
·
The proposed development does not create unreasonable
environmental impacts to adjoining development with regard to visual bulk,
overshadowing, solar access, amenity or privacy.
VOTING OF THE PANEL MEMBERS
FOR: Garry
Fielding, Juliet Grant, Lynda McClure, Jerome Cox.
AGAINST: Nil
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3 LPP21/18 Further
Report - Alterations and Additions to a Dwelling House - 7 Kooringal Avenue,
Thornleigh
(DA/1124/2017)
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RECOMMENDATION
THAT the Hornsby Shire Local Planning Panel assume the
concurrence of the Secretary of the Department of Planning and Environment
pursuant to Clause 4.6 of the Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013
and approve Development Application No. DA/1124/2017 for alterations and
additions at Lot 61, DP 213986, No.7 Kooringal Avenue Thornleigh, subject to
the conditions of consent detailed in Schedule 1 of Local Planning Panel
Report No. LPP21/18.
PANEL’S DETERMINATION
Recommendation adopted.
The reasons for the Panel’s determination are:
·
The request under Clause 4.6 of Hornsby Local Environmental
Plan 2013 to vary the maximum building height is well founded. Strict
compliance with the development standard is unreasonable and unnecessary in
the circumstances of the case and there are sufficient environmental planning
grounds to justify the variation to the development standard.
·
The proposed development does not create unreasonable
environmental impacts to adjoining development with regard to visual bulk,
overshadowing, solar access, amenity, privacy impacts or natural environment.
VOTING OF THE PANEL MEMBERS
FOR: Garry
Fielding, Juliet Grant, Lynda McClure, Jerome Cox.
AGAINST: Nil
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4 LPP22/18 Dwelling
House - No. 17 Cannan Close, Cherrybrook
(DA/1312/2017)
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RECOMMENDATION
THAT Development Application No. DA/1312/2017 for the
construction of a two storey dwelling house at Lot 2 DP 1230664, No. 17
Cannan Close Cherrybrook be approved subject to the conditions of consent
detailed in Schedule 1 of LPP Report No. LPP22/18.
PANEL’S DETERMINATION
Recommendation adopted, subject to amended conditions set
out below.
·
The sill height of the upper floor bedroom 1 window in the
western elevation shall have a minimum sill height of 1.5 metres and may
consist of clear glazing.
·
The finial roof features shall be installed on each of the 3
gables on the front elevation prior to the issue of the occupation
certificate.
·
Condition 27 be amended to require replacement planting of 4
trees, with 2 of the trees to be planted in the road reserve in the front of
the development site comprising species consistent with other street tree
species and 2 evergreen trees be planted in the rear setback of the
development site.
·
The erosion/analysis plan shall be amended to relocate the site
bin and stock pile area a minimum of 5 metres from the western boundary and
the consent be conditioned accordingly.
The reasons for the Panel’s determination are:
·
The proposed development generally complies with the
requirements of the relevant environmental planning instruments, the Hornsby
Development Control Plan and the covenant applying to the site.
VOTING OF THE PANEL MEMBERS
FOR: Garry
Fielding, Juliet Grant, Lynda McClure, Barbra Wynn.
AGAINST: Nil
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PANEL’S PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF DECISIONS
The Panel returned to the Council Chamber at 8:51pm where
the Chair announced the Panel’s decisions regarding the development
applications.
The Panel’s meeting concluded at 9:05pm

CHAIR