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PROJECTS
Small to Medium Density Developments Byron Avenue, Plympton Park Our Role: Project management, liaison with authorities and allied professionals, preparing and lodging plans This project created two Torrens Titled allotments from one residential house block. This was a first time development for our client. It presents an excellent example of how even smaller projects can be very involved, requiring a close attention to the details and coordination with the authorities and allied professionals. This client chose to keep an existing home fronting the road, and to create a hammerhead/battle axe allotment at the rear. Developments which keep an existing house can present more challenges and due diligence is very important. In the pre-contract stage we investigated the location of internal sewer services, and researched the local government zoning and policy regulations with regard to hammerhead driveway widths, relocating car parking for the existing home, maintaining private open space, and with consideration for side/rear setbacks. In preparing the proposal plan we included the location of the existing home and demonstrated how local government requirements would be met. We also arranged for a streetscape visualisation to illustrate that the development would be suitable in the locality. During the planning phases we liaised with the builder regarding the client's application for a single storey dwelling at the rear of the existing home, and engaged the services of a town planner to present the merits of the development. After the local government authority had approved the land division we arranged the surveying, prepared the final Lands Titles Office plan and attended the lodgement. After Lands Titles Office lodgement we briefed the conveyancer and mortgage broker as to the progress of the plan in the Lands Titles Office, and notified all parties once our plan had been deposited and new Certificates of Title had been issued. Conington Crescent, Morphett Vale Our Role: Project management, liaison with authorities and allied professionals, preparing and lodging plans. This medium density community titled land division comprises 9 lots. The land division process has taken 12 months, from preparing and lodging the proposal plan with the Development Assessment Commission to the deposit of the final plan in the Lands Titles Office. Our client came to us with a design for 9 homes. We had initial discussions with the client as to whether to include Torrens allotments for those with road frontage and leave allotments at the rear as Community lots. Based on a cost analysis of recent sales in the area it was decided to proceed with the whole project as Community lots. As project managers we provided a fee estimate to the client based on a site investigation, prepared and lodged proposal and final plans, coordinated surveying and liaised with the conveyancer to prepare the scheme description and land division documentation. Major Subdivisions Tabernacle Road, Encounter Bay Our Role: Subdivision design, site and development cost assessment, project management. This major project was purchased by our client as a broad-acre land parcel in early 2010, and comprises 200 plus allotments. In the pre-contract phase we were engaged to complete a site assessment, to provide a subdivision design and statistics about development costs. We made enquiries with the local government authority to discuss design, planning and engineering issues relevant to the site - issues such as allotment frontage to arterial roads, road network connection to adjacent land, and stormwater retention. We also had discussions with the major projects area within SA Water to ascertain their requirements with regard to sewer augmentation. Thereafter we prepared the subdivision design to include a mix of allotment sizes/frontages to meet the needs of the client, with consideration for the requirements of the authorities, and to be sympathetic to the topography of the land. Prior to the engineering design and construction phase, our role involved coordination of surveyors to undertake a level and detail survey over the site, allowing our office to prepare boundary accurate plans for engineers to complete construction drawings to include relevant easements for services. In addition, continual liaison is necessary with local government planning and engineering departments to ensure all parties are informed of any alterations and that plans are updated. Full engineering has been completed on this project and it is now under construction. Some 50 allotments have been released as Stage 1. Several stages will be released, with this project continuing well into the future. Prime Boulevard, Encounter Bay Our Role: Subdivision re-design and Project Management Our client purchased this 21ha broad-acre land holding with an existing planning approval for residential development over the whole site. The site was the balance remaining from an earlier partially completed land division project by previous owners. This now completed project involved a total of 9 stages, one of which was a community title medium density component. We were engaged to redesign the land division, and our new application achieved a better layout more suited to the land form, an increased allotment yield providing a broader range of allotment sizes, whilst maintaining vehicular and servicing linkages to the earlier stages. We negotiated planning approval with the local government authority, and coordinated the surveying and engineering services in order for construction to commence. The overall design of the land division has enabled the efficient and cohesive ongoing development program, well suited to match market demand for residential land in this more seasonal coastal location. The overall design of the land division has enabled the efficient and cohesive ongoing development program, well suited to match market demand for residential land in this more seasonal coastal location. Copperfield Estate at Evanston Our Role: Detailed subdivision design, stakeholder consultation and Project Management Our client purchased the broad-acre holding from the state government as part of the extension to the greater Adelaide metropolitan area. Subsequent negotiations with some other smaller adjoining land owners increased the overall size of the project. We were engaged to design the subdivision, and as project managers. The local government authority required that the development retain all stormwater on site so that downstream infrastructure did not require up-sizing. To achieve this, retention basins were implemented as a specific design feature of the entry to the estate. Other important elements incorporated into the design involved improved vehicular access to the nearby high school, road design hierarchy suitable for the continued staging of the project, yet delivering ease of servicing, and the provision for varied allotment sizes in appropriate locations to appeal to the broader community wishing to build new homes. We negotiated planning approval with the local government authority, and coordinated the surveying and engineering services in order for construction to commence. The prominence of the location, size of the development and the attractive layout, meant numerous Adelaide based project home builders elected to purchase allotments for show homes. This accelerated sales and the speed of home construction, such that the project was completed well in advance of expected timing thereby enabling the developer to commence subsequent projects. |
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