Edmondson Park South Development Control Plan 2012 - Landcom

Edmondson Park South DCP 2012 November 2012
6.3 Maximum Building Height
Objectives
1) To ensure the efficient use of land and a compact urban environment.
2) To manage impacts of development on neighbouring properties in regard to privacy and
overshadowing.
Controls
1) Dwellings are to be generally 2 storeys (+ attic) in height. Minor '3rd storey' elements are
permitted to provide modulation to the streetscape. Attics do not constitute a storey if they are
included in a roof space and have a roof slope not greater than 36 degrees pitched from the ceiling
level of the uppermost floor.
2) A third storey is only possible where:
a) is has been approved on the relevant Building Siting and Envelope Plan (BSEP),
b) it can be demonstrated that the third storey provides modulation to the streetscape,
c) the impact on neighbouring properties in terms of building bulk, overshadowing and privacy are
acceptable, and
d) the floor area of the third storey is to be no more than 50% of the second storey.
3) The maximum building height of an outbuilding is 1 storey (4.8m above existing ground
level).Buildings directly adjacent laneways are to be no more than 2 storeys in height.
Examples of 3rd storey element providing good streetscape articulation
6.4 Building Setbacks
Objectives
1) To create attractive and cohesive streetscapes.
2) To manage impacts of development on neighbouring properties in regard to privacy, and
overshadowing.
Controls
Front Setbacks
1) Building setbacks and articulation principles are illustrated at Figures 26-28.
2) Front setbacks, to the Front Building Line and excluding the articulation zone, (Figure 29) are:
a) 3m in Small Lot Housing Areas, and
b) 4.5m elsewhere
except where the BSEP nominates an alternate front setback.
3) A reduced front setback (between 1-3m) may be provided on shallow lots, park frontage lots, or
dwellings fronting secondary streets or laneways. These will need to be agreed with Council as
part of the BSEP approval.
4) Lots on the southern side of a street, where the private open space is proposed at the front of the
dwelling, are to comply with the specifically prescribed front setbacks identified in the BSEP so as
to ensure adequate private open space is accommodated.
5) Where there are existing neighbouring dwellings within 40m of a proposed dwelling house or
ancillary development, the setback should be an average of the front setbacks of the two nearest
neighbouring dwellings houses with the same primary road frontage.
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