West Library
Charles Street, West Lakes
Description:
Library, consulting rooms, offices and cafe
Client:
Commercial and General
Architect:
Brown Falconer
Future Urban
Planning & Development Consultancy
Library, consulting rooms, offices and cafe
Commercial and General
Brown Falconer
Gemma joined Future Urban in November 2020.
Gemma has a strong background of Urban Design, Interior Architecture and accompanied Graphic Design skills. She has been involved in project co-ordination and management, master and strategic planning, design concepts and community engagement for both residential and mixed-use developments.
Gemma has a well-rounded knowledge of development, predominantly in creative solutions, problem solving and detail design. She has a passion for urban places through challenging their complexities and transforming them into the dynamic systems which make up a community.
Emily is a qualified town planner and lawyer who has more than 15 years of experience working in the planning and development sector.
In her roles she has gained an excellent understanding of statutory planning, the development industry and the way in which councils and their planning departments operate.
Emily is approachable and professional with a well-developed ability to focus on issues from her client’s perspective. She is a strong negotiator and is motivated by achieving positive outcomes for her clients.
Emily has been appointed as an independent member of the Adelaide City Council Assessment Panel.
Marc has a background in property and planning law since completing a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) degree at the Flinders University in 1997. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1998.
Marc has conducted litigation, acting as advocate, in a wide range of property development matters in the South Australian ERD Court and has represented clients at, Council Assessment Panel (CAP) and State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP) meetings in various planning, local government and development related matters.
Marc is a commercially focussed consultant having advised and represented developers and project proponents on planning, development, licensing and property related issues.
Immediately prior to joining Future Urban, Marc was the Manager of Development Assessment of the City of Mitcham and has an intricate knowledge of the inner workings of local government. Marc worked on all planning and development related matters, including major development facilitation, Development Plan Amendments, site contamination issues, heritage, development enforcement and prosecutions, and building rules matters.
An accomplished planner, Chris has 20 years of experience in both local government and private practice. Chris has been responsible for successfully managing and negotiating approvals for a number of the most complex development proposals including large scale residential, mixed use, hotel and commercial projects and master planning projects for greenfield sites, large infill sites, retail centres, cultural and community hubs, urban corridors and main streets including implementation and governance frameworks for their delivery.
Chris is a member of the Executive Council of the Property Council of Australia (SA) and Member of the Urban Development Institute of South Australia.
Prior to joining Future Urban in 2022, Jordan was employed at the District Council of Loxton Waikerie as the sole Planning Officer.
His previous experience has allowed him to develop a strong skill set for development assessment in peri-urban and rural settings. He has assessed a wide range of development applications which often requires complex solutions as a result of site and environmental constraints. This previous experience has refined his engagement and negotiation skills to allow him to deliver high quality planning outcomes.
Jordan played a major role in the review and implementation of the Planning and Design Code in the Phase 2 regional areas. Because of this early exposure to the new Planning System, Jordan has a comprehensive understanding of the Planning and Design Code, the Plan SA Portal and the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act and Regulations.
Chris joined Future Urban in March 2021 bringing six years of experience within local government from both inner and outer metropolitan areas.
Throughout his career, Chris has assessed an extensive variety of development applications that has enabled him to develop an intricate knowledge of the South Australian planning system and a pragmatic, problem-solving attitude.
His broad range of statutory planning experience and practical approach to planning has facilitated positive outcomes for all stakeholders when dealing with complex and tricky approval processes.
Fabian is a highly skilled facilitator and negotiator, and has a proven ability to find consensus. He prides himself on his ability to provide sound strategic and statutory planning advice to a range of private sector clients.
Fabian has acquired a considerable degree of experience and expertise in dealing with a broad mix of complex and often controversial projects, many of which relate to:
Fabian has an intimate knowledge of the Act and Regulations, and is well versed in procedural matters. His innate ability to critically appraise development concepts and proposals, and to devise logical and effective solutions to ensure successful outcomes is one of his many qualities.
Fabian’s passion, drive and commitment together with his uncompromising work ethic has enabled him to develop a strong rapport with the firm’s clients.
Michael has extensive experience in all aspects of town planning, with a focus on strategic land use planning, structure planning and master planning. In his previous roles Michael has project managed and led major planning studies for both the private and public sector clients, and has been responsible for major greenfield and urban infill development throughout greater Adelaide.
Michael’s expert skills include land supply and demand analysis, housing and employment land analysis and social infrastructure analysis and has managed multiple rezoning processes.
Michael has been responsible for the preparation of major development applications including major office and apartment buildings, mixed use developments, major industrial buildings and major land estates in a greenfield and brownfield context.
Bethany has undertaken many and varied development assessments across a broad range of developments from residential through to commercial and high rise office accommodation.
Immediately prior to joining Future Urban in February 2020, Bethany was a planner at the City of Mitcham and understands the pressures brought to bear upon local planning authorities when undertaking their assessment. She assessed developments in wide ranging areas, including applications in the sensitive areas of the State Heritage Area of Colonel Light Gardens, Historic Conservation Zone and Hills Face Zone within the City of Mitcham.
Bethany has experience writing detailed reports for Council Assessment Panels and has frequently presented at Panel meetings in support of her planning assessment. She has a passion for finding creative solutions to planning problems and has vast experience in the assessment and approval of Rescode dwelling applications.
Kayla joined Future Urban in March 2020 bringing experience from both the private and public sectors. With a strong background in statutory development assessment, Kayla has been directly involved in the facilitation of a variety of developments across metropolitan and regional South Australia. In addition, Kayla has also assisted a number of local and State government strategic planning projects including the Aldinga Structure Plan, the District Council of Franklin Harbour General Development Plan Amendment and the Alice Springs Industrial Land Needs Assessment.
Her areas of expertise include:
Assessment and facilitation of a large range of developments, both commercial, residential and mixed-use development
Sound knowledge of the Development Act 1993, Development Regulations 2008 and the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016
Policy planning and writing, including the preparation of Development Plan Amendments and review of the Planning and Design Code
Nick began his career at the State Planning Commission since completing his tertiary studies at the University of South Australia, graduating with a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning in 2018.
In his role, he has gained extensive experience in statutory development assessment under both the Development Act 1993 and the Planning, Design & Infrastructure Act 2016, with foundational knowledge of the Planning & Design Code.
Nick has a personal and empathetic approach in delivering guidance and advice to clients and strives to build lasting professional working relationships.
Jason has over 20 years of experience in urban planning and governance administration, including thirteen years of leadership and management in state and local government, and well as the private sector.
Jason has provided specialist planning advice to the State Commission Assessment Panel and Council Assessment Panels, and strategic advice to the development sector on a variety of planning matters.
Jason’s experiences in state and local government have equipped him with sought after knowledge about the inner workings of the public sector, and the ability to find solutions to political and governance related issues.
OSB Pty Ltd are proposing to amend the Planning and Design Code as it relates to two allotments located at 36-70 Gumeracha Road and 64 Baden Terrace in O’Sullivan Beach (referred to as the Affected Area shown in the image below).
The Code Amendment proposes to rezone the Affected Area from the Strategic Employment Zone to the General Neighbourhood Zone, to enable the land to be developed for residential purposes.
Engagement with the community was undertaken in late 2021 earlier this year to inform the rezoning. The engagement was undertaken in accordance with the Engagement Plan and an Interim Engagement Report has been prepared which is available by clicking the ‘Interim Engagement Report’ button below.
The Interim Engagement Report details the engagement that has been undertaken and the outcomes of the engagement, including:
Based on the feedback that was received, additional investigations were undertaken, including:
As a result of the feedback and the above investigations, the following changes have been made to the Code Amendment:
The Code Amendment Report has been amended to include the above investigations and change is available by clicking the ‘Code Amendment Report’ button below.
To ensure the principles of the Community Engagement Charter (the Charter) are met, an evaluation of the engagement process for the Code Amendment is occurring. As part of this evaluation, you are invited to complete a survey via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YWVGL63
This survey will be open until 9 March 2022 to enable you to consider the outcomes of the engagement before evaluating the engagement.
A final Engagement Report and Code Amendment Report will be made publicly available here following the evaluation of the engagement process:
Pierson Pty Ltd (Designated Entity) proposes a Code Amendment in relation to the land located at 25 Pierson Street, Lockleys (the Affected Area). The Affected Area is presently within the Employment Zone and contains the Westpac Mortgage Centre and the Lockleys Child Care and Early Learning Centre. The Designated Entity has a vision to establish a medium density residential development on the Affected Area. This vision necessitates the Affected Area being rezoned from the Employment Zone to an alternate and appropriate neighbourhood-type zone. The Urban Neighbourhood Zone has been identified as an appropriate zone for the purposes of the Code Amendment.
The rezoning will facilitate the redevelopment of the Affected Area from an intensive commercial use to a primarily medium density residential use with smaller low scale non-residential uses that provide services to support the local community. The future redevelopment of the site in this way will provide opportunities to significantly improve the amenity of the locality and pedestrian linkages to the River Torrens Linear Park, together with opportunities to reduce hard paved surfaces on the site, increase impervious surfaces and allow opportunities to provide public open space.
In addition, the proposed rezoning aligns with a number of relevant State Planning Policies in relation to integrated planning (including housing density, diversity and affordability), design quality, employment lands, strategic transport infrastructure (including opportunities for non-car dependent travel), natural hazards and water quality. It also aligns with a number of relevant policies within the 30 Year Plan for Greater Adelaide. In particular, the Code Amendment correlates with the 30 Year Plan policies in respect to transit corridors, growth areas and activity centres, design quality, housing mix, affordability and competitiveness, health, wellbeing and inclusion, the economy and jobs and transport.
YS Super Investments Pty Ltd (Proponent) is proposing to rezone the land located on the south-east corner of Main North Road and Nottage Terrace, specifically 1-5 Nottage Terrace, Medindie and 43 Main North Road, Medindie (Affected Area). The Affected Area is approximately 7,300 square metres in size and contains the Scotty’s Motel, two detached dwellings and vacant land.
The Affected Area is currently zoned Suburban Business and Established Neighbourhood and is subject to a number of Overlays and Technical Numeric Variations (TNVs). The Affected Area forms part of the Main North Road and Nottage Terrace intersection, which is a prominent location in Metropolitan Adelaide and provides a gateway to North Adelaide and the Adelaide CBD, with Main North Road providing a major transport corridor between the CBD and the north of Adelaide. The land immediately opposite the Affected Area and located on the western side of Main North Road and northern side of Nottage Terrace is zoned Urban Corridor (Business). The proposed rezoning seeks to zone the Affected Area as Urban Corridor (Business) consistent with the other parcels of land located on the intersection.
The rezoning will provide for future development of the Affected Area, including by way of mixed use development comprising commercial and medium density residential development consistent with anticipated future development of other parcels located on the Main North Road and Nottage Terrace intersection. The rezoning also enables the development potential of the Affected Area to be recognised in relation to both land use and built form that respects the prominence of the Affected Area.
The rezoning also ensures that impacts of future development on adjoining land located in the Established Neighbourhood Zone will be appropriately managed through development policy that mitigates impacts of future development at interface areas.
This rezoning is consistent with key objectives of the State Planning Policies and will implement key targets of The 30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide and 2020-2024: Living in the Town of Walkerville a strategic community plan by providing opportunities for increased housing diversity and commercial and businesses uses that will utilise and strengthen the existing transport corridors, appropriately respond to and mitigate impacts of future development on interface areas and strengthen connections to North Adelaide and the Adelaide CBD.
The District Council of Streaky Bay is proposing a Code Amendment which seeks to rezone 13 hectares of land identified as Lot 615 Loveshack Route, Streaky Bay, from the Deferred Urban Zone to the Neighbourhood Zone. The rezoning of the land will allow for low density residential development that provides housing options within the Streaky Bay Township.
This rezoning will implement a recommendation arising from the Streaky Bay Township Master Plan, adopted in 2010, which recommended the rezoning of this land to ‘Residential’ as a ‘high priority’.
