Development Application - Alterations and Additions (University Assessment)

1. Summary of proposal including recommendation (Do at End) The proposal is for 25 Salisbury Road Stanmore and involves partial demolition, alterations and additions to the main dwelling structure and garage. The additions include a first floor for the dwelling and a studio/loft space atop the garage. Situated in a Heritage Conservation Area, it has been assessed heavily by considering its impact on the character of the streetscape and its heritage precinct. This report concludes and explains that the application is satisfactory to the controls and standards of the MLEP 2011 and Marrickville DCP 2011 and is recommended for approval on the basis that the additions are adequately subtle to not detract from the structures’ respective street or lane frontage. Conditions have been provided to further ensure this development is suitable and sympathetic to the heritage significance of its site and neighbouring properties.

2. Site Description and locality The site for the proposed development is 25 Salisbury Road Stanmore and is legally identified as Lot: A DP: 310734. It is bounded by Salisbury Road and Stanmore Lane.

The site is rectangular with the main frontage of 6.125 m orientated towards the north west facing Salisbury Rd, a rear boundary of 6.04 m on the south east facing Stanmore lane, and side boundaries of 37.21 m on the north east and 37.215 south west. The area of the lot is identified to be 221.3 m2 as per DP 310734 and 226.5.2m2 by manual calculation.

The Salisbury Road site has a gentle slope that descends in the north easterly direction.

25 Salisbury Rd is currently occupied by a single brick dwelling that is of the Victorian Italianate style and a garage in the rear. Vehicular access is located at the rear of the site along Stanmore Lane via a driveway that leads immediately to the existing garage structure.

The subject property and surrounding properties are from the Late Victorian Period as indicated by their architectural decorative elements. The streetscape of Salisbury Rd consists of brick and rendered brick facades with predominantly single storey housing and some two storey development further up Salisbury Road towards Percival Road. There is a prominent roof line with the form of hip roofs and roof materiality characterising the housing of Salisbury Rd. The subject site and its surrounding area is located within one of Marrickville’s heritage Conservation Areas (HCA 6) - Annandale Farm. Part of Stanmore North (Precinct 3), this precinct is made up primarily of lower density residential development which is evident on the proposed site. The area is characterised by its Victorian and Federation period housing that is bounded by wide streets and street alignment (use of roads as main access and lanes as secondary access historically purposed for service).

3. Background 3(a) Site History According to Innerwest’s Application Tracking Site, no prior history and was always a single detached dwelling of low density residential nature.

3(b) Application History According to Innerwest’s Application Tracking Site, no prior application history other than the current development proposal being assessed.

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