Essay On Planning And Development Control

In the last five years, Melbourne has become the demolition and rebuild capital of Australia, according to new statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, with some areas building four new houses for each one lost to the wreckers in 2016. They have been demolished because they do not meet development control requirements or they do not conform with construction and use specifications as required by the Australian development authority (Thomson et al., 2007, p.1094). However, after demolition, planned structures are built up conforming with both development control mechanisms through local environmental plans (LEPs) and State environmental policies (SEPPS). This paper provides an analysis of the development control of the State office block in Sydney as discussed below.

 

Demolished state office block

Innovative sun protection techniques were included in the building's design, which was specially tailored to the Australian climate (Mudie, 2017). Because of its age, the skyscraper was regarded as obsolete, nevertheless, it is not ancient enough to be deemed a historical artifact. Aurora Place, the new official residence of the government as well as the administrative headquarters, was constructed to replace State Office Block.

 

 

Figure showing Aurora Place

 

Development planning instruments are used to build the modern structure, such development specifications are: 

 

The recommended setback lines are measured from the center lines of 23 highways to the property lines.

 

The length of the primary commuter route (Highways) is 60 meters, whereas the length of the spine road on important highways is around 25 meters. The average length of a collector road is 18 meters, while access roads are 15 and service lanes are 6 meters wide. 

 

 

1. A site for a government office needs to be at least 0.08 hectares in size at the very least.

 

 

2. There ought to be some kind of link between the size of government office sites and the growth of the commercial sector.

 

 

3. 0.15 hectares is the smallest allowable lot size for a government office service that does not include any convenience stores or businesses.  

 

Any location that contains a convenience store is required to provide at least one parking spot for every four-square meter of shop or store floor space. 

 

The minimum amount of land needed is 0.4 hectares, and it should contain a station, accommodations for personnel, and a drilling space (Rauscher and Momtaz, 2017, pp. 275-286).  In addition, one fire truck and a minimum of thirty members of personnel are required to protect a population of between 50,000 and 100,000 people, depending on the severity of the fire danger.

 

 

1. Accessibility

 

 

2. Spatial compactness

 

 

3. Public parking

 

 

4. Geographical centrality

 

No two tower sites in a traffic corridor that has two lanes going in opposite directions shall be positioned opposite one another (DAWKIN, 2010, Vol. 46).    

 

A shortage of trained personnel and a lack of compliance with planning frameworks are two of the most significant development problems (Salehi, 2007, pp.102)

 

 

Regardless of the size or scope of a building project, development control is essential since it defines all measures based on aesthetics, regulations, and public safety. Every Urban or regional agency should adopt this regulation conformity.

 

Mudie, E., 2017. Unbuilding the City: Writing Demolition. M/C Journal, 20(2).  

 

 

Thomson, R., Collier, L., Contziu, L. and Fitzpatrick, D., 2007. Developing WSUD policies in the city of Sydney. Rainwater and Urban Design 2007, p.1094. 

 

 

Rauscher, R.C. and Momtaz, S., 2017. Planning Kogarah, Greater Sydney. In Cities in Global Transition (pp. 275-286). Springer, Cham. 

 

 

DAWKIN, J., 2010. Specification for a metropolitan planning agency can make a big difference. In ISOCARP CONGRESS (Vol. 46). 

 

 

Salehi, E., 2007. Specification of urban planning regulation in a sustainable city. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 102.