Browse Forums Buying Land Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 282Dec 09, 2014 8:14 pm My solicitor hasn't heard anything as yet...... Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 283Dec 09, 2014 8:18 pm Mine either. A little birdy told me that if you're going through CDC local coucil absurdity like drive way restrictions dont apply. Anyone heard this or can confirm or deny? ? Rawson Homes - Seaview 36 (5 bedroom) with modifications Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville (Lot 222) Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 284Dec 09, 2014 9:15 pm Seems to be a lot of concern now re- driveway locations. Not sure why the developer has set the barrier kerb vehicle crossing splays the way they have, as it seems to go against what page 104 of the "North Kellyville Precinct DCP" states. http://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/Ignition ... 202012.pdf 4.5 Site Access, Parking and site Servicing 4.5.1 Private driveways for detached and attached dwellings. Controls 4. "The location of driveways is to be determined with regard to dwelling design and orientation, street gully pits and tree bays and is to maximise the available on-street parking." It's all interesting to note that the current barrier kerb vehicle crossings have been placed directly next to each other, which, when reading the DCP goes against the streetscape principals (3.1 Street Network and Design), encroaches on the "side setbacks" (4.2.2) and effects the "breathing space" between residences (4.3). Nor from what I can see either in the "Contract for the sale of Land" does it mention that vehicle access must be from a pre determined position. Our solicitor is currently investigating this further. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 285Dec 10, 2014 2:57 pm We have not heard back from our solicitor regarding driveway as of yet but we are hoping all will be ok. We were originally told where the driveway would be so fingers crossed that is actually where its meant to be but as things we have been told regarding other things such as the heights of block being completely incorrect we dont want to risk it. We have house designed and ready for approval as soon as we have land released to us so hopefully we dont have to swap over the design to suit driveway on other side. My husband is a builder so we are doing owner builder for our house. We were told to find out what side the driveway had to be on before we designed our house, that they are always set by the developer when its an estate like ours. From what i hear the plans for the development had to change as things changed while they were developing land (ie we got an extra 15sqm of land and the heights on our block were well and truly incorrect. We were told a 2m drop but we have over a 4m drop to the road as the road was cut in too deap) so what you buy and what you get seems to be different so its probably contributing to the delays with council registration. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 286Dec 10, 2014 3:23 pm hi guys, If you take a look at the engineering plans for the estate you can see where all the driveways are. Here is an example from the plans. You can see the driveways (in red) are mainly paired together. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We had to flip the plans of our house when I saw it. Luckily we weren't too far into the process when I discovered it. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 287Dec 10, 2014 6:08 pm Hey all, As njenner points out - the driveway positions were in the engineering plans. If you look around, all developments in North Kellyville are exactly the same and the driveways are fixed at the development stage. The modifications to 10 Stringer Rd were approved on Monday 8th December. On the council DA tracker, 10 and 12 Stringer road are now awaiting Subdivision Certificates. As Saintly mentioned earlier, the current status is 'Stop the clock - awaiting information'. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 289Dec 10, 2014 8:32 pm Can anyone explain if we need to build rain gardens same as other subs or are the grated drains sufficent Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 290Dec 10, 2014 8:37 pm Don't think i can link directly to the document so i've put together some instructions on how to get to it. Pretty sure this is the original plan submitted so there might be some changes but I know this has the driveway placements.
Let me know how you go Go here – https://epathway.thehills.nsw.gov.au/eP ... Lists.aspx Tick Development Applications and click Next Go to the Application Number and type in 498/2014/ZB Click Search Click on the application number link and it will bring up the associated details and documents. The engineering plan is in the list Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 291Dec 10, 2014 9:10 pm A rain garden is a requirement for all lots in North Kellyville. They have to be located at the lowest point on the lot and connected to the drainage. The size of the rain garden was specified in the council conditions on the DA/Subdivision approvals. I know the rain gardens for lots 401-421 need to have a surface area of 9.873m2, which I believe is pretty standard for the area. I suspect the other lots are similar. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 292Dec 11, 2014 2:15 pm so what are the open drains shown on plans as RG Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 293Dec 11, 2014 3:20 pm Hey Saintly, I don't have the documents in front of me, but I'm pretty sure the oval objects marked RG are just indicative of the likely position of the rain garden. All the info is in the Nth Kellyville DCP and in the council conditions for the development consent which is available online. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 295Dec 11, 2014 3:29 pm I believe the grates are part of the inter-allotment drainage system to which the rain garden must be connected. I read about it in one of the documents, and there are plenty of examples in other estates in Nth Kellyville. Have a look at the Eden Brae display home on Barry road for a good example. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 296Dec 11, 2014 3:52 pm Below is a link to brief fact sheet on rain gardens in the North Kellyville release area. I've italicised an excerpt regarding the council conditions. http://www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/IgnitionSuite/uploads/docs/THSC-Rain%20Garden%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf When lots are created at the subdivision stage the volume and area of the rain garden required for each lot is determined. These requirements are included as a restriction that appears on the title of the property once the lot has been created. This restriction burdens all current and future owners and requires: (a) The construction of the rain garden when a dwelling is built on the lot; (b) The retention of the rain garden in perpetuity (as built and without modification). A separate positive covenant is also created on the title of the property requiring that all current and future owners maintain the rain garden so that it continues to operate as expected. Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 297Dec 11, 2014 4:46 pm On the hills council website there is a typical engineers drawing of how the rain garden is constructed. The size of your rain garden should be determined on your hydraulics drawings. The grates are the pits where your rain gardens have to be connected too. Hey Legoland, where did you find out what size your rain garden needs to be. I have one in my block and would like to know how big I need to make it Lot 213, building with Buildcraft Constructions Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 298Dec 11, 2014 5:14 pm The final levels of the land is not as shown on contracts Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 299Dec 11, 2014 5:17 pm It very rarely is saintly. You can imagine the dirt they remove for roads and service trenches would be expensive to take away. Easy for them to spread it over the blocks therefore raising the levels. Not saying this is what has happened but it is not uncommon. Lot 213, building with Buildcraft Constructions Re: Blue Horizon Estate, North Kellyville 300Dec 11, 2014 6:07 pm arids On the hills council website there is a typical engineers drawing of how the rain garden is constructed. The size of your rain garden should be determined on your hydraulics drawings. The grates are the pits where your rain gardens have to be connected too. Hey Legoland, where did you find out what size your rain garden needs to be. I have one in my block and would like to know how big I need to make it Hey Arids, The councils conditions for the subdivisions were in the original consent dated 28th March 2014. I saved all documents relevant to my stage as they became available. I've just had a look for your stage, but I can't seem to find the original consent documents - since the council changed the DA tracking system the content seems to be all over the place. In the council consent (Notice of Determination of a Development Application) there were 20-odd pages of conditions that the council imposed on the development. Below is an excerpt from the conditions for stage 4 (in relation to the rain garden size and the rainwater tank). I would expect that the other stages have much the same conditions. 1. Lots 401 to 421 must provide a rain garden with a storage volume of 1.452m3 and a surface area of 9.873m2 based on the requirements applying to the Smalls Creek catchment area from Section 6.1 of the North Kellyville DCP. 2. Lots 401 to 421 must provide for a 3000 litre (minimum) rainwater reuse tank that must be plumbed specifically for washing machine use. External use is also permitted however the recycled water system supplied by Sydney Water must be connected to all toilets for flushing purposes, and at least one external tap as per Section 6.1 of the North Kellyville DCP. 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