Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Development Application Refused 10Oct 25, 2013 6:10 pm Quote: From a town planning point of view, I wonder if the FSR of 0.5:1 makes sense. You would think that once the building height and setback requirements are fulfilled, what happens inside the building envelope has no effect on the community. Maybe I'm missing something. That's it in a nutshell for me too Casa2. Luckily we live in the Warringah council area where they don't have an FSR as part of their DCP. They simply have a hard surface to soft surface area of 60% to 40% no matter how many storeys your home is. A much more practical guideline in my view. We are aiming for a basement granny flat ( 60 sq m ) half below ground level then a ground floor ( 270 sq m ) and a top floor of about 180 sq m - all under the max height of 8.5 m and within the side boundary envelope plus behind any of the setbacks. A two level house in the Manly council area of a similar size block of land to us ( 580 sq m ) would let you have 145 sq m on each level at an FSR of 0.5:1 whereas under the 60:40 rule that Warringah Council employs we can go up to 270 sq m ( allowing for about 80 sq m of driveway, paths and other hard surface areas). The important thing as you have pointed out is the footprint of the building on the land, building height and side setbacks. Good luck with the council. Stewie Thanks for the response! However, it's have been sorted. But for others benefit here is what we had to do. Unfortunately, it's not straightforward. BCC washed their hands… 3 7213 Hi, does anyone have a clue how the Brisbane Development website work in terms of how uptodate the dates on it are (developmenti.brisbane.qld.gov.au). I transfered… 0 4644 Yeah I don't know why I came to a forum. Place is full of wierdos/pedos thought internet may help but I suppose I'll try my luck with someone in person. Cheers. I tried… 0 6447 |