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Planning Authority
Relevant Schedules
11.0 Residential Development Schedule
The relevant provisions of Table 11.1 (Part 11) – Residential Development Schedule are
addressed as follows:
Issue 1.0:- Building Appearance and Neighbourhood Character
Objective: To ensure that building appearance from public streets and adjoining sites is
visually compatible with surrounding development.
Acceptable Solution
Building Form
1. New buildings are to have no more than 15
metres of any frontage to a public street
that is not articulated with bay windows,
balconies, decks or wall offsets.
1.2 Garages and carports facing the street
shall not have openings exceeding 6m or
50% of the frontage width, whichever is
the lesser.
1.3 Garages and carports are to be located
behind the main face of the associated
building.
Comment
The proposal has only 8m frontage to Cummings
Street.
Complies with Acceptable Solution 1.1
The garage exceeds 50% of the width of the
frontage.
Does not comply with Acceptable Solution 1.2
The garage is incorporated into the lower level of
the building. It is therefore considered to be
located behind the building line
Complies with Acceptable Solution 1.3
The Performance Criteria to Issue 1.0 States:
1.2 Garages and carports are to be sited and designed so that they do not dominate
the appearance of the building from the street front.
Comment – The garage is to be provided below natural ground level, with two storeys of
the dwelling above also facing the street front. It will not visually dominate the building
from the street front.
Issue 2.0:- Street setbacks
Objective: To setback buildings and associated garages and carports from the street to
provide adequate space for landscape or open space, visual and acoustic privacy and
vehicular accesses, while assisting in establishing an attractive streetscape.
Waratah-Wynyard Council – Minutes Ordinary Meeting – 19 November 2012 – Page 216