Town Planning Report (rec. 16.04.25) · MCU25/0042

                                                   (b) incorporates
                                                       landscape screening
                                                       for the full height of
                                                       any undercroft higher
                                                       than 3 metres above
                                                       ground level at the
                                                       perimeter of the
                                                       building.

                                                   Editor's note- Vertical
                                                   battens are also useful to
                                                   enclose the undercroft
                                                   area.
                                         AO3.7     On sloping sites roof lines   Roof line is parallel with the
                                                   are generally parallel        land and roof pitch does not
                                                   with contours of the land     exceed 15 degrees
                                                   and roof pitch does not
                                                   exceed 15 degrees.
PO4        Development on sloping        AO4.1     Driveways are not             The proposal plans
           sites provides safe and                 steeper than 20%              demonstrate the driveway
           efficient access for                    for more than 20 metres       contains a slope of less than
           vehicles and pedestrians                or one quarter of             20%.
                                                   their length, whichever is
                                                   the lesser, and               The driveway provides a slope
                                                   not steeper than 25% in       of 9%.
                                                   any location.
                                         AO4.2     Vehicle turning areas are     Turning area is provided
                                                   provided at the end of
                                                   driveways so that it is not
                                                   necessary to reverse up
                                                   or down driveways.
                                         AO4.3     Where a driveway is           Not applicable
                                                   steeper than 20% in any
                                                   part, it is provided with a
                                                   slip-resistant surface.
    Queensland development code
Performance criteria                     Acceptable solutions                             Assessment
Buildings and structures
P1         The location of a building    A1(a)    For a detached dwelling,       Alternative provision within
           or structure facilitates an            garage or a carport the        medium density residential
           acceptable streetscape,                minimum road setback is        zone code.
           appropriate for –                      –
           (a) the bulk of the                    (i) 6m; or                     Refer assessment above.
                  building or                     (ii) where there are
                  structure; and                       existing detached
           (b) the road boundary                       dwellings on both
                  setbacks of                          adjoining lots and at
                  neighbouring                         least one of the
                  buildings or                         detached dwellings is
                  structures; and                      setback from the
           (c) the outlook and                         road between 3m
                  views of                             and 6m, and the
                  neighbouring                         difference between
                  residents; and                       their road setbacks
           (d) nuisance and safety                     is-
                  to the public.                       (A) not more than
                                                             2m-a distance
                                                             between the
                                                             two buildings
                                                             (Figure 1); or
                                                       (B) more than 2m-
                                                             the average of



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