Meeting papers

Performance outcomes                                          Acceptable Outcomes
Streetscape
PO11                                                          AO11.1
Development:                                                  Development provides visual interest to the street and
(a)   contributes positively to the surrounding area;         surrounding area through:

(b)   addresses and enhances the streetscape by               (a)   highlighting individual dwellings and land uses through
      incorporating articulation and individual design              differing external materials, finishes or textures;
      elements that add visual interest to the development;   (b)   offsetting or staggering dwellings to provide variation in
(c)   has form and architectural scale that does not                the frontage;
      dominate the streetscape or the surrounding             (c)   varying the roof form.
      properties;
(d)   does not detract from the visual amenity of adjoining   AO11.2
      properties through the impact on views, access to       Buildings have the main entrance easily recognisable from the
      sunlight or overlooking;                                street and include design elements in the front façade such
                                                              as verandahs, external stairs, awning or shade structures and
(e)   takes the form of small separate buildings, rather than
                                                              window openings.
      large single bulky development; and
(f)   sits within a landscaped setting;                       AO11.3
                                                              Buildings and structures are designed to:
                                                              (a)   have a maximum wall length of 15 metres and external
                                                                    walls incorporate at least one design element (such as
                                                                    windows, pergolas, sun shading devices, balconies) to
                                                                    add visual interest and amenity;
                                                              (b)   allow for landscape treatments to soften the
                                                                    development; and
                                                              (c)   avoid more than six dwellings attached in any one
                                                                    plane.

                                                              AO11.4
                                                              For corner sites, the building design addresses both street
                                                              frontages by:
                                                              (a)   including doors and windows that front each road; and
                                                              (b)   providing separate vehicle access points to each road.

                                                              Editor’s Note—for examples of designs that meet above
                                                              provisions see Figure 6.3.3.4 and Figure AP3­4A

                                                              AO11.5
                                                              For a dwelling house, development provides visual interest to
                                                              the street and the surrounding area through:
                                                              (a)   limiting the vertical distance between the ground and
                                                                    the lowest suspended floor to no more than 3 metres;
                                                              (b)   limiting the length of any external wall in one plane to
                                                                    15 metres; and
                                                              (c)   ensuring each external wall includes at least one
                                                                    design element such as verandahs, external stairs,
                                                                    window openings, awnings or porches.


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