54 Banks Avenue, Hillarys – Grouped Dwelling (Six New Two Storey Dwellings)

The City has received and is currently assessing a planning application for the above.

A copy of the development plans can be viewed by clicking the link below.

The proposal is required to meet the requirements of the Residential Design Codes of Western Australia (R-Codes), the Whitfords Activity Centre Structure Plan and the City’s Residential Development Local Planning Policy (RDLPP). These are divided up into different design elements (for example; site area, street setbacks, street walls and fences, open space, building height, parking, landscaping). For all ‘design elements’, there are two different ways that can be used to assess if the development is appropriate – known as ‘deemed-to-comply standards’ and ‘design principles’.

If the proposal meets the deemed-to-comply standards, it is automatically considered to meet the objective and should be approved in accordance with the requirements of the R-Codes.

Where the deemed-to-comply standards are not met, this does not necessarily mean that the proposal does not meet the objective. Instead, the City needs to exercise some judgement (referred to as ‘discretion’) in considering whether the proposal meets the design principles, which may result in a better built form outcome than a proposal which has met the ‘deemed-to-comply’ requirements.

In this circumstance the applicant is asking the City to exercise discretion with regards to the following:

• Reduced floor to ceiling height (units one to six);
• Reduced on-site car parking spaces (units one to four);
• Car parking not screened from the public road (units five and six);
• Reduced setback to rear lot boundary (units one to six);
• Reduced outdoor living area minimum dimension (unit one);
• Garage not located behind dwelling alignment (units two, three, five and six);
• Reduced driveway width (units one and two);
• Reduced driveway setback to an internal lot boundary (units one to four);
• Reduced minimum storage dimension and area (units two to six); and
• Increased solid street fencing (unit one).

You may wish to provide a submission on the proposal, as a written comment, by Wednesday 19 July 2023.

Submissions can be made via the online Planning Consultation Submission Form below, email or via post to P.O. Box 21, Joondalup WA 6919.

Submissions will be considered as part of the overall decision-making process.