Development Assessment Report

                                                   Editor’s Note— Residential buildings
                                                   should be predominantly finished in
                                                   colours and materials that blend well
                                                   with the colours and hues of the
                                                   surrounding vegetation and landscape
                                                   without causing glare or reflection.

                                                   For agricultural buildings, colours and
                                                   textures that blend with the natural
                                                   setting are preferred however if not
                                                   practical, buildings should at least be
                                                   well maintained and/or visually
                                                   screened.
PO14                                                                                           Not Applicable
The visual amenity of Lake Macdonald, its          No acceptable outcome provided
foreshores and immediate surrounds are
maintained or improved including views:
(a)    from the lake;
(b)    to the lake and beyond when viewed
       from private lands and from public
       areas, including the Botanical Gardens.
Sloping sites and ridgelines
PO15                                               AO15.1                                Compliant
The landscape character and visual amenity         To protect scenic amenity and other
quality of hill slopes and ridgelines are          landscape       qualities, buildings,
retained and buildings and structures:             structures and associated accessways
(a)    are visually responsive to the natural      are not constructed on land with a
       topography of the site, sitting within      slope greater than 25%.
       the landscape rather than dominating
       it;                                         AO15.2                                   Not Applicable
(b)    step down slopes or use suspended           On sloping sites or on ridgelines at the
       floor construction, minimising cut and      uppermost edge of a hill slope:
       fill and avoiding benching of the site;     (a)    roof lines are generally parallel
(c)    allow for retention of natural vegetation          with contours of the land;
       that assists in screening or visually       (b)    roofs do not exceed a pitch of
       softening development; and                         15 degrees; and
(d)    incorporate materials, finishes and         (c)    buildings do not protrude
       colours that complement the natural                above the height of prevailing
       setting and integrate with the                     vegetation.
       landscape and skyline.
                                                   Editor's note­ refer to Figure 6.9.1A and
                                                   Figure 6.9.1B. and Figure AP3­3B.

                                                   AO15.3                                 Not Applicable
                                                   Cut or fill is less than 1.5 metres in
                                                   depth relative to natural ground
                                                   surface.

                                                   Editor’s Note— On visually prominent
                                                   hill slopes or ridgelines residential
                                                   buildings should be predominantly
                                                   finished in colours and materials that
                                                   blend well with the colours and hues of
                                                   the surrounding vegetation and
                                                   landscape without causing glare or
                                                   reflection. Broad expanses of a single
                                                   colour are less desirable and where
                                                   possible should be broken up by other
                                                   colours or design elements. Shades in
                                                   the violet, blue, green and yellow­
                                                   green side of the spectrum, as well as
                                                   greys or browns, should be appropriate
                                                   with whites or bright colours restricted
                                                   to trimmings. For agricultural buildings,
                                                   colours and textures that blend with the
                                                   natural setting are preferred however if