Construction: Council and Site Constraints for Strategic Planning

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Table of Contents
1. Council Constraints..................................................................................................................3
Requirements for strategic planning............................................................................................3
2. Site constraints.........................................................................................................................4
Land Use Zone.............................................................................................................................4
Heights of Buildings....................................................................................................................6
Floor space ratio...........................................................................................................................7
Car Parking..................................................................................................................................9
Approvals process........................................................................................................................9
3. References..............................................................................................................................11

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1. Council Constraints
Requirements for strategic planning
Development and planning in NSW are conducted by the Environmental Planning and
Assessment Regulation 2000 and Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. There are
laid down processes of approval which may be considered by the NSW for development. The
recommended works must be by the Local Environmental Plan and State Environmental
Planning Policy (Madanipour & Hull, 2017).
The recommended plans of the demolition of buildings existing on the site and the construction
of new building for commercial purposes is to be assessed in relation with various State
Environmental Planning Policies such as SEPP 2007 responsible for infrastructure and SEPP
2008 responsible for Exempting and Complying Development Codes (Howes et al., 2017). A
private certifier may give out Complying Development Certificate required for development
under the mentioned instruments thereby the approval of the council, or the DA is not required.
As a result of reviewing SEPP's, the activities were critical to follow the requirements of the
Exempt and Complying Development Code. Moreover, this was not a structure for public use,
for example, a police station, university or school the constructions were not allowed as per the
SEPP infrastructure 2007 policy (Robèrt et al., 2018).
Since one is not in a position to acquire the Complying Development Certificate from the SEPP
such an individual requires a Development Consent under the City of Sydney Council Local
Environmental Plan of 2005. A Development Application was made to the City of Sydney
Council so as consent for Development could be obtained (Schiller & Kenworthy., 2017). The
applications contained the following;

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a. Permission of the owner
b. Environmental effects statement
c. Geotechnical Report
d. Acoustic Report
e. A comprehensive report on the summary of the cost from a recognized Quantity Surveyor
f. A study on Parking and Traffic
g. An electronic copy of the very recent Architectural drawings such as floor plans,
sections, survey plans, shadow diagrams, elevations, and landscape plans.
h. A BCA statement from a Consultant from of buildings regulations.
i. A heritage effect report because the works were very close to other buildings listed under
heritage.
j. A plan on how to manage the environment
k. A plan on how waste will be managed
l. A reflectivity report
m. A plan on construction management
n. A report on efficient energy
Before the Development Application was submitted, the Sydney LEP of 2005 was reviewed to
make sure that the recommended development is by the planning instruments requirements.
Various keys areas of LEP associated with construction are discussed as follows:
2. Site constraints
Land Use Zone
It is the most challenging part in ensuring that the development must be approved as it
determinant to the authorized uses within such an area. The local authorities cannot recommend