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The wavering of parking by City of Yarra is unacceptable.
Clients already find parking difficult.
Each new development MUST provide and be responsible for parking WITHIN the development.
The building's height responds appropriately to the surrounding context and DDO21 and is located in an Activity Centre.
The proposal responds positively to the emerging character of the Bridge Road Richmond Activity Centre.
The subject site is located on the southern side of Bridge Road, with the Epworth Hospital located to the North. The surrounding uses and emerging character clearly support the realisation of this vision as an appropriate planning outcome.
The structure on the subject site has undergone substantial facade and entry alterations that dilute any previous heritage values, both on its northern and western street walls. There is considerable precedent in planning law for external alterations to a structure to reduce the heritage values of a site.
The site is in the Commercial Zone C1Z which for the subject site has no FSR, height, setback and street wall height controls.
The sites C1Z zoning schedule imposes no limit on leasing for any commercial uses and imposes no Floor:Space ratio.
There are some dwellings located south of the subject site but those sites have undergone substantial alterations, demolition and construction and have no remarkable heritage values remaining.
As this is an activity centre with frequent multiple public transport services, the reduction in parking requirements is unremarkable in
line with the emerging character of the Bridge Road Richmond Activity Centre located in less than 5km of the Melbourne City CBD.
Objectors to the reduction in parking requirements have been unable to establish negative amenity impacts upon the surrounding context.
I would support this proposal proceeding to approval.
