Improving medium density development in Redland City

Medium density development in Wharf Street , Cleveland

Redland City Council is seeking community feedback about proposed changes to rules for medium density development which are intended to improve the quality of medium density development in Redland City.

The consultation process commenced on 3 August 2021 and closes on Thursday 16 September.

If you think that it would be a good idea for medium density development in Redland City to be better regulated with improved set-backs reduced site coverage and more communal open space then make a submission supporting the proposed City Plan amendments.

Lots of short submissions from residents concerned about the need for better quality medium density development may help encourage councillors to adopt these planning scheme changes.

The need for better regulation of medium density development

Medium Density Residential Code review - background report by Urbis - August 2020 — Urbis Report

Information about the proposed changes to medium density development regulation in the City Plan can be found on Redland City Council’s Have Your Say website.

The Medium Density Residential zone code review was discussed in a Redland City Bulletin story which included comments from both Cr Wendy Boglary and Mayor Karen Williams.

The proposed improvements to regulation of medium density development have been reviewed by planning consultants Urbis and CDM Smith.

Redlands2030 has from time to time drawn attention to particular medium density projects which have been allowed under the current developer friendly Redland City Plan adopted in October 2018:

If you don’t have any specific points to make it would still help to say something as simple as:

I support the proposed Major Amendment Package (04/20) – Medium density residential zone code and consequential amendments, and draft new planning scheme policy – Planning Scheme Policy 7 – Multiple Dwelling Design Guide.

Making an on-line submission about Medium Density

You can make a submission by email to the Council or you can complete an on-line submission.

The Council says it prefers that you make an on-line submission “for a more efficient data capture and review process”.

It is probably easier and quicker for most people to complete the on-line survey than preparing and emailing your own submission document.

For the benefit of anyone who may wish to complete the on -line survey, Redlands2030 has copied below the 15 questions that will be asked of you. The first ten questions are to find out your name and contact details. Questions 11-14 are where you can have your say about the council’s proposed changes to planning rules for medium density development.

You can have your say about proposed medium density planning scheme amendments by completing an on-line survey on the Redland City Council website.

For your comments to be regarded as a ‘properly made submission’ it is important that you include details such as your name and address. The Council has obligations to keep your personal information confidential.

To help you get ready for doing this on-line survey, here is a description of the survey questions:

Your details

1. Title

Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, Dr or maybe something more exotic

2. First name

Pretty straightforward

3. Surname (family name)

Another easy question.

4. Organisation

You should not have to put anything in this box if you are making a personal submission.

5. Residential or Business Address Street Line1

The first part of your street address

6. Residential or Business Address Street line 2

Room for more street address details if required.

7. Residential Address Suburb

Self explanatory.

8. Residential or Business Address State

If you live in Redland City, the answer is ‘Queensland’.

9. Is your postal address different to your residential or business address above?

This is a yes or no question.

10. Email address

The Council says: “You must provide a valid email address to receive a receipt of your submission details; you will not receive a submission receipt otherwise.”

Property details

11. Does your submission relate to a specific property?

This is a yes/no question.

12. Which of the following best describe the content of your submission

You get a choice of items to select. You can select all of them and this is a good way to make sure that your submission has maximum effect.

Here are the choices that you will be presented with:

Improve coordination between MDR zone code assessment criteria to ensure they work effectively together to deliver high quality outcomes (Recommendation 1)
Refine existing MDR zone code performance and acceptable outcomes to help ensure quality residential amenity and streetscape outcomes (Recommendation 2)
Introduce new MDR zone code assessment criteria to require a dwelling size mix, facilitate freehold titling, manage building size, enhance streetscape and site analysis criteria (Recommendation 3)
Incorporate the Multiple Dwelling Design Guide (MDDG) into City Plan (Recommendation 4)
Include new administrative definitions for multiple dwelling forms into the City Plan (Recommendation 5)
Make amendments to the LMDR and TA zones to ensure alignment with revised MDR zone code (Recommendation 6)
Adoption of the planning scheme policy ‘Planning Scheme Policy 7 – Multiple Dwelling Design Guides’
Other (please specify)

Submission Details

The Council says: “Please provide the details of your submission by stating the grounds for the submission, and the facts and circumstances relied on to support the grounds. Also, where relevant, please include aspects of proposed amendments that you support or object to.”

If you just want to support the proposed amendments to improve medium density development regulation then you could say something like:

13. Your Submission Details

The Council says: “For short submissions, type directly into the box above. For longer submissions, cut and paste from your pre-prepared Word document, or upload your submission document below.”

14. Uploaded Submission Details

If you wish to you can upload a file in any of the following formats: Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Word (.doc or .docx).

Disclosure statement

The Council includes a disclosure statement about privacy and confidentiality.

How satisfied are you with the way Council engaged the community on this project?

You have the opportunity to select one of the following answers:

Very dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Neither satisfied or dissatisfied
Satisfied
Very satisfied

Submit

You can now press the “Submit” button.

Have your say about Medium Density regulation

Here is a direct link to where you can complete the survey about the proposed Medium Density Residential zone code review.

Have your say about medium density development regulation

Redlands2030 – 11 September 2021

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