8 Camira Street Newnham TAS 7248

Residential - multiple dwellings; demolition of existing outbuilding; construction of multiple dwelling

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(Source: Launceston City Council, reference DA0445/2014)

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  1. Anthony Gordon Walsh commented

    Several years ago this address was the subject of a multiple residential proposal (2 or 3 units I think) and it was subject to adverse responses by the nearby neighbours, including me. It was dropped by the then owner and the land was sold to the current owner who then built a single residence on it. The land is supposedly large enough in area to support a second dwelling, but the end result would be very similar in amenity terms to the original proposal.

    I am not able to look at what is being proposed now, because either your system or mine will not allow me to download it. My nearby neighbour who lives at number 6 (Graeme Bowkett) has told me the development extends to within 1.4m to his side boundary and that there is an elevated deck and an overall roof height of 4.7m. If this is the case then he has every reason to think his backyard privacy will be compromised and especially adversely affect his seriously disabled wife who spends much time there, and who the home was specially built for her by Graeme to accommodate her needs.

    If the planning scheme allows discretion in this area, then maybe a good compromise decision could be to allow the development, but to require it all to be on one level - with floor and deck level at close to natural ground level at the boundary between numbers 6 and 8. This would require some excavation and possibly a concrete floor, but it would alleviate some of Graeme's concerns (and also reduce the impact on the streetscape, and also it must be conceded reduce the development's capacity to acquire a river view - the intent of the developer I would suspect).

    I am not personally affected by this application, but I like living here and I like my neighbours, including those at number 8. I would be sad if the Bowketts were forced to move because of this application as it is proposed now.

    I would like to be invited to any mediation meeting that may be arranged.

  2. Anthony Gordon Walsh commented

    Several years ago this address was the subject of a multiple residential proposal (2 or 3 units I think) and it was subject to adverse responses by the nearby neighbours, including me. It was dropped by the then owner and the land was sold to the current owner who then built a single residence on it. The land is supposedly large enough in area to support a second dwelling, but the end result would be very similar in amenity terms to the original proposal.

    I am not able to look at what is being proposed now, because either your system or mine will not allow me to download it. My nearby neighbour who lives at number 6 (Graeme Bowkett) has told me the development extends to within 1.4m to his side boundary and that there is an elevated deck and an overall roof height of 4.7m. If this is the case then he has every reason to think his backyard privacy will be compromised and especially adversely affect his seriously disabled wife who spends much time there, and who the home was specially built for her by Graeme to accommodate her needs.

    If the planning scheme allows discretion in this area, then maybe a good compromise decision could be to allow the development, but to require it all to be on one level - with floor and deck level at close to natural ground level at the boundary between numbers 6 and 8. This would require some excavation and possibly a concrete floor, but it would alleviate some of Graeme's concerns (and also reduce the impact on the streetscape, and also it must be conceded reduce the development's capacity to acquire a river view - the intent of the developer I would suspect).

    I am not personally affected by this application, but I like living here and I like my neighbours, including those at number 8. I would be sad if the Bowketts were forced to move because of this application as it is proposed now.

    I would like to be invited to any mediation meeting that may be arranged.

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