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Planning Authority
Acceptable Solution
Visual Privacy
5.1 Windows in habitable rooms with a sill height of
less than 1.7m and balconies/decks greater
than 1m above natural ground level shall be
offset and/or screened from the windows of
habitable rooms in adjoining dwellings and
outdoor living spaces, where there would be
direct views and the separation is less than 8.5
metres.
Acoustic Privacy
5.2 Habitable room windows are to be at least 2.5m
from vehicular accesses and parking areas
used by other dwellings unless those windows
at their lowest point are at least 1.4m above
the carriageway and the ground floor level of
the dwelling is at least 1m above the
carriageway.
Comment
The upper storey decks and the windows of the eastern
elevation of the proposed dwellings will have visibility
into the outdoor living area of 10 Cummings Street. No
measures are proposed in the application to mitigate
these impacts. Appropriate conditions should be
applied to the permit addressing these matters.
Capable of complying with Acceptable Solution 5.1
subject to permit conditions
The ground floor windows of Unit 2 are a minimum
height of 2 metres above the carriageway.
Complies with Acceptable Solution 5.2
Issue 6.0:- Private Open Space
Objective: To ensure that private open space provided for dwellings is clearly defined,
useable and meets user requirements for privacy, access, outdoor activities and
landscaping.
Acceptable Solution
6.1 Private Open space for each dwelling shall
comprise a minimum area in accordance with
the following:
1 bedroom dwelling - 50m2;
2 bedroom dwelling - 70m2;
3 or more bedroom dwelling - 90m2; and
the minimum dimension of any part is 2.5
metres, and one part of the private open space
comprises an area of 50m2 with a minimum
dimension of 4 metres and is not steeper than
1 in 6.
6.2 Private open space is to have a northerly
orientation and be protected from
overshadowing from any adjacent
development so that a minimum of 50% of the
space receives at least 2 hours sunlight on 21
June.
6.3 Private open space is to abut the dwelling it is to
serve and be directly accessible from a
habitable room of the dwelling other than a
bedroom, at a level difference not exceeding
1.5 metres.
Comment
Unit 2 (a 1 bedroom unit) has a POS area of 51m 2 and
Unit 1 (a 2 bedroom unit) has a POS of 105.7m 2 , each
meeting the minimum area requirement. As stated in
the applicant’s response to further information, the
gradient does not exceed 1:6.
Complies with Acceptable Solution 6.1
The POS for Unit 1 has an easterly orientation, however
does have some northerly aspect. It would be capable
of receiving the minimum sunlight requirements of
Clause 6.2.
Complies with Acceptable Solution 6.2
The private open space areas abut their respective
dwellings and are directly accessible from habitable
rooms.
Complies with Acceptable Solution 6.3
Waratah-Wynyard Council – Minutes Ordinary Meeting – 19 November 2012 – Page 219