Assessment 2 Project Brief

UXB134 Land Use  Planning Assessment 2,  2022

Project Brief

Suitability Analysis Report

Due date: Week 13 (on Friday 28 October 2022 at 11:59pm)

Weighting: 50% of total grade

TASK

An overseas investor from Hong Kong is interested in smart home development opportunities in Brisbane. She is considering developing a unit complex in the area and needs assistance to identify potential development sites. Your task is to prepare a report that recommends potential sites that meet the investor’s requirements.

The investor would like to develop an apartment building of 2 storeys. She is looking for a site that will have a straightforward planning approval process. The development should therefore be either Accepted, or Code Assessable development under the Brisbane City Council’s current planning scheme (excluding neighbourhood plan requirements). The site must be located in the low-medium density residential zone, and should not be affected by river or creek flooding (but a site affected by overland flooding is acceptable). Additionally, the site must not to be affected by mapping that shows biodiversity may be a concern. The site should also not be located within any state Priority Development Area.

The property itself should be large enough to site the desired development, by having a site area equal to, or greater than 800m² (as large as possible), and should be located within walking distance of high-quality public transport (operational and planned train stations; maximum 400m. distance and as close as possible).

The investor wants a simple purchase and is therefore seeking to buy only a single lot rather than assembling multiple blocks. Vacant land is ideal and is the developer’s first preference, however land currently used as a detached dwelling may also be acceptable. Older, small scale apartment buildings or motels would also be acceptable provided they are located on a single lot and therefore not under multiple ownership (i.e., not strata or community titled lots). Land currently used for commercial purposes (shopping, offices, retail, etc.), highrise towers, or modern unit developments, are likely to be too expensive, and therefore not acceptable.

Likewise, lots currently used for car parking are also not acceptable.

Preliminary plans for development are to be prepared by the investor’s architectural firm once you have identified a site that best meets the investor’s criteria. To assist the architect, your report needs to describe the following key planning scheme requirements based on information available in Council’s relevant codes (excluding neighbourhood plan requirements):

    Maximum height;

    Building setbacks;

    Site cover;

    The amount of private open space required per unit;

    The amount of required communal open space;

    The number of car parks required per unit.

Additional requirements, formatting and other suggestions are shown on the following pages.

REPORT STRUCTURE

The report should include the following sections:

Cover Page

    Report Title: Identification of areas suitable for smart home apartment building development in Brisbane

    Prepared by:    {Student 1 Name}

{Student 1 Number}

{Student 2 Name}

{Student 2 Number}

Preliminaries

    Table of Contents

    Table of Figures

    Table of Tables

1. Executive Summary

    A succinct summary of your report. It should outline the task, methods used, and the results.

2. Introduction

    The purpose of the report, and details of the task.

    A summary of what the reader can expect in each section of the report.

3. Methodology

    Description of the steps followed for the analysis, from the first step (understanding the information and criteria sheets) to the last step (writing the report), including the analysis of the shapefiles/maps and a rationale that explains each step and how you formed your recommendations.

    The report is to use a multi‐criteria analysis (MCA) as a part of its methodology, and include a table that outlines the criteria used for the MCA, its calculations, and a rationale for these criteria. This analysis is particularly useful to rank the remaining sites once the “hard” constraints have been accounted for. If needed, you are free to consider other criteria as well, using data provided and/or available online (e.g., proximity to parks/bike lanes/bus stations/else).

    The data used for analysis, including:

o the name of the shapefile/map used;

o the source of the shapefile/map;

o the information used for that shapefile/map (e.g., tram stop location).

    A table or diagram that explains your method in detail and which includes the information shown in the following table:

Steps	Goals	Actions	Results	GIS analysis (if applicable to the step)
				Data used	ArcGIS Pro tool(s) used	Data produced
1.	…	1.	…	Description –    what data (e.g., cadastre, output from step x, zoning data etc.) and  details (e.g., number of input features)	…	Description and details (e.g., number of output features)
…	…	…	…	…	…	…
…	…	…	…	…	…	…
…	…	…	…	…	…	…

    Note: Your analysis may require a visual scan using aerial imagery (such as from

Nearmap) and/or Google Street View to ensure your selected sites are meeting the client’s criteria, particularly those related to existing uses. It is recommended that this step occurs towards the end of your analysis to minimise the number of sites that require this form. of manual inspection.

4. Results

    This section should summarise the results, including:

o A map of the sites that meet all the conditions presented in this information sheet, prepared in ArcGIS Pro;

o Another map that classifies site suitability as determined by your MCA and any visual analysis, and a discussion of the results shown on the map;

o A short‐list of a least three suitable sites that have been identified using your analysis. This should include a detailed development profile of each site and site photos (aerial images and google street view are acceptable). The development profile is to include the key planning scheme requirements described in the brief. The template below outlines the information that should be included as a minimum for each site. You may use a different layout if you feel it improves communication.

Example profile to prepare for each of the short-listed sites.

SITE_ID	e.g., address, lot/plan etc. …	PHOTO
Site Description	Description of the site (e.g., site area, existing uses, dimensions, orientation, slope, its neighbourhood context (i.e., other notable uses near the site), land value, applicable planning   scheme zones and overlays, etc.)	space for site photos
Maximum height	…
Building setbacks	…
Site cover	…
The amount of private open space required per unit	…
The amount of required communal open space	…	space for site photos
The number of car parks required per	…

unit
Multi‐Criteria Analysis
MCA Criterion 1	….	Points for Criterion 1	…
MCA Criterion 2	….	Points for Criterion 2	…
MCA Criterion n	….	Points for Criterion n	…
Discussion	Record your impressions of the site, its suitability, and its opportunities and constraints as relevant to the brief.

5. Conclusion and Recommendation

    This section summarises the report and makes a final recommendation for one of the  short-listed sites. The final recommendation must describe why this site is preferred over the other short‐listed sites, making reference to the client’s preferences as described in the brief.

References

    List all sources cited in the report here, in APA format as described by QUT’s cite and write guide.

Appendices

    Add any relevant info or supporting document that is necessary/important to include in the report, but not in the main section.

Word limit

    Keep the report around 5,000 words (excluding figures, tables, and appendices).

Data sources

Brisbane City Council Open Data (Download ‘SHP’ . All data in MGA1994 Zone 56, no option to download in MGA2020 Zone 56)

     City Plan 2014 — Biodiversity areas overlay — Biodiversity areas

o  https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/city-plan-2014-biodiversity-areas- overlay-biodiversity-areas

     City Plan 2014 — Biodiversity areas overlay — Koala habitat areas

o  https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/city-plan-2014-biodiversity-areas- overlay-koala-habitat-areas

     City Plan 2014 — Biodiversity areas overlay — Matters of state environmental significance (MSES)

— areas

o  https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/city-plan-2014-biodiversity-areas- overlay-matters-of-state-environmental-significance-mses-area

o Do not download MSES – Lines, use only MSES – Areas

     City Plan 2014 — Flood overlay — Brisbane River flood planning area

o  https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/city-plan-2014-flood-overlay-brisbane-river- flood-planning-area

     City Plan 2014 — Flood overlay — Creek/waterway flood planning area

o  https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/city-plan-2014-flood-overlay-creek-waterway- flood-planning-area

     City Plan 2014 — Zoning overlay

o  https://www.data.brisbane.qld.gov.au/data/dataset/city-plan-2014-zoning-overlay

o Zoning overlay also contains PDA boundaries QSpatial (You must follow three steps:

1.    Select ‘Shapefile – SHP – .shp, and;

2.    Select ‘GDA94 / MGA zone 56 (EPSG:28356)

3.    Enter your email to request data (check Spam folder)

4.    Accept terms and conditions

•     Railway stations and sidings - Queensland

o  https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/detail.page?fid={FF83FBFE- 5190-4350-802A-5B73E3954296}

o  Ensure you select only relevant current and future stations (e.g., remove abandoned stations, rail yards and freight depots)

•     Property boundaries Queensland

o  https://qldspatial.information.qld.gov.au/catalogue/custom/detail.page?fid={3F217A59- 1FDB-412A-813D-A1E7843FB618}

o  This is a very large file (>1GB). For a faster experience, you may want to use the data provided in blackboard instead (ExtractPortion_PropQldCadastreDcdb.gdb)

o If you choose to use datasets other than the ones listed here, ensure you use the ‘lot’ and not ‘holding’ . The former relates to actual individual parcels of land, the latter is based on ownership and may consist of multiple ‘lots’