Hi
I have a block in Singleton. The size is 3,340 square metres and is also where our home is situated. It is a battle axe block ; ie behind other houses.
I want to take it through to gain DA and BA for units/townhouses. Approximately 8 plus the house as an investment/development.The aim is to sell it as a package.
Any ideas as to how I start as I have gone to the council and they seem fine with the idea, but do not help from there.
I need advice where to go from here and what needs to be considered.
This would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Con [?][
]Hi Concat,
I work as a Town Planner in a Council North of Sydney. I know it can be very hard to get information out of Council’s so you will have to try and do a bit of the footwork yourself. The Council should be able to sell you a copy of a medium density residential control plan, or you might be able to download it from the internet. My advise is to try and interpret it the best you can and come up with something of a concept plan. This can be very difficult as it gets fairly involved. If you have a concept plan you will find that the Council will generally be more helpful becuase they see that you have taken the time and made an effort. Alternatively you could use a draftperson/ architect/ town planning consultant to help you but at the expense.
I hope this helps a little, if you have any questions about planning terms/ controls please ask me.
How wide is the access handle Concat ?
This is important as it may stop you from getting approval.
Secondly, how does the land slope ?
How to get rid of stormwater is an important factor (which, again, may make the difference between getting approval or not getting it)
Pisces133
do we need a medium density residential control plan for doing townhouses?
can they be downloaded from internet?***********************
Each Council will have their own specific controls for development of Townhouses units etc, and all the Councils are different. You could ring the Council you property is in to find out what policy you might need.
Most Council’s have their own web page and alot of them include their planning controls for you to down load.
Important also to find out what the zoning of the land is because you might have a large block but may not be able to develop it.
p.s what do you need to get a user name, i don’t really like being confused !! lol
Hi Concat,I work as a Town Planner in a Council North of Sydney. I know it can be very hard to get information out of Council’s so you will have to try and do a bit of the footwork yourself. The Council should be able to sell you a copy of a medium density residential control plan, or you might be able to download it from the internet. My advise is to try and interpret it the best you can and come up with something of a concept plan. This can be very difficult as it gets fairly involved. If you have a concept plan you will find that the Council will generally be more helpful becuase they see that you have taken the time and made an effort. Alternatively you could use a draftperson/ architect/ town planning consultant to help you but at the expense.
I hope this helps a little, if you have any questions about planning terms/ controls please ask me.
Thank you for that. It definitely helped.I have approached the town planner and they were a lot more helpful this time.
The control plan is so vague, but the planner told me to come back with rough draft sketches and he can guide me from there.
I hope you don’t mind but I will probably ask a lot more questions. It is so much fun.
Take care and once again many thanks.Con.
How wide is the access handle Concat ?
approximately 8 metres wide and 22 metres long.
the house is 5 mtrs from the side boundary and set 10 mtrs from the the front boundary.This is important as it may stop you from getting approval.
Secondly, how does the land slope ?
Slopes downwards towards a ntural water course and is at the end of 8 other blocks so so the water runs off them also. that runs through the front boundary and into a reserve.How to get rid of stormwater is an important factor (which, again, may make the difference between getting approval or not getting it)
It is my biggest concern . Thanks for that point I am trying to cover all areas before they arise. Seeya. Con
Pisces133
Met with the town planner and another development for houses on a larger block up the road has just been approved. He feels that the precedent has been set and the access is fairly adequate. Besides I think they might not object since they maintained the site is natural and we have since found out that there a large portions of unconsolidated fill and we are looking to amend that as part of the development.
p.s what do you need to get a user name, i don’t really like being confused !! lol
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I have always been confused so I thought someone knew me when I ended up with that name. Now I am really confused as to how to change it; but if I do I have to live up to new expectations. I don’t know. It is starting to feel like a Monty pyhton script. Oh well all the best and thank you.>>and we have since found out that there a large portions of unconsolidated fill<<
THat sounds as if the foundations will cost a lot more than ‘normal’.
Pisces133
>>and we have since found out that there a large portions of unconsolidated fill<<THat sounds as if the foundations will cost a lot more than ‘normal’.
Pisces133
The lay of the block and the proposed design will alleviate the problem. The areas of non consoldated fill will be removed back to natural earth (3 meteres max in several areas) which will also improve the water run off situation; rediverting it back into a natural water course. I just have to factor in the costings for retaining walls into the upper level of the block. Should be fun. I will be discounting to 20% against the average unit costs in town. Actually the truth be known, its a pain in the butt to mow and sitting the way it is it does not realise its intrinsic value. Hoping that that strategy will work.Thanks for that it is really helping me work and cover all the issues.Seeya con
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