Planning Report

        Specific Outcomes                       Probable solutions                           Proposal
                                         S15.2 Where overshadowing by
                                         existing structures and fences
                                         occurs to more than 50% of the
                                         private open space areas of any
                                         adjoining residences, sunlight is not
                                         further reduced by more than 20%.
                                         (See     Figure    14-4—Preventing
                                         overshadowing)

O16 Multiple housing is designed         S16.1 No solution provided               Complies
and sited to minimise the extent of                                               Access to sunlight for adjoining
shadows cast on solar photovoltaic                                                properties is not impacted upon.
cells on roofs of adjoining buildings.   Figure      14-4—Preventing
                                         overshadowing




                                         PLAN – ILLUSTRATES DWELLINGS THAT
                                         ARE SITED TO MAXIMISE SOLAR
                                         ACCESS




                                         ELEVATION – ILLUSTRATES BUILDINGS
                                         THAT ARE SITED TO MAXIMISE SOLAR
                                         ACESS TO ADJOINING PROPERTIES
                                         THROUGH ROOF DESIGN AND UPPER
                                         STOREY POSITIONING TO MINIMISE
                                         IMPACTS ON PROPERTIES O THE
                                         SOUTH.




                                         DETAILED   ELEVATION     –   THE
                                         MEASUREMENT AT “*” IS 50% OF THE
                                         WIDTH OF THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY.
                                         IT’S NOT AFFECTED BY SHADOWS
                                         FROM THE NORTHERN NEIGHBOUR,
                                         EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER
                                         WHEN THE SUN IS LOW.
Sloping sites
O17 On sloping sites, buildings and      S17.1 Buildings and structures on        Not applicable
structures are designed to maximise      sloping sites—                           The site is not identified as a
the use of the natural topography        a) Have a maximum distance of 3m         sloping site.
and minimise the need for cut and        between the ground and the lowest
fill.                                    part of the floor of the building or
                                         the building incorporates undercroft
                                         skirting or screening (eg. timber
                                         battens) to the full height of any
                                         undercroft area higher than 3m
                                         above ground level at the perimeter
                                         of the building;
                                         b) are of split level design that step
                                         down the slope or have suspended