The Tribunal affirmed the responsible authority's refusal to grant a planning permit for a six-practitioner medical centre in the General Residential Zone, finding that the scale and intensity of the proposed use — including seven-day operation with extended hours — and the built form response characterised by dominant hard paving and insufficient landscaping were unacceptable in the established residential context, and that the community benefit of the medical centre did not outweigh these adverse outcomes.
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