Environmental Amenity

2 - Environmental Amenity

O.1To ensure that development does not cause unreasonable overlooking of habitable rooms and principal private open spaces of dwellings.
O.2To ensure that visual privacy is provided both within a development and between a development and its neighbours.
O.3To ensure that the siting and design of development minimises the impacts of noise transmission between properties.

P.1Development should be located and oriented to maximise visual and acoustic privacy between buildings.
P.2The internal layout of buildings is to be designed to minimise overlooking of living areas and private open spaces.
P.3Building elements such as balconies and decks are to be designed to minimise overlooking of living areas and private open spaces of adjoining dwellings.
P.4The windows of dwellings are to be located so they do not provide direct and close views into the windows of other dwellings, particularly those of living areas.
P.5The windows of dwellings are to be located and designed so as to reduce the transmission of noise.
P.6Building design elements should be used to increase visual and acoustic privacy such as recessed balconies and/or vertical fins between adjacent balconies, fencing, vegetation and louvres and pergolas which limit overlooking of lower dwellings and/or private open space.
P.7The internal layout of buildings is to be designed so as to reduce the effects of noise transmission. For example, dwellings with common party walls should locate noise generating rooms such as living rooms adjacent the noise generating rooms of other dwellings.
P.8Appropriate building materials should be used to provide acoustic privacy.

S.1Balconies should face the street or other element of the public domain, such as a park.

S.1Minimum of 12 metres separation is required between buildings within the development site where habitable rooms face habitable rooms.
Minimum of 9 metres separation is required between buildings within the development site where habitable rooms face non-habitable rooms or blank walls.
Minimum of 3 metres separation is required between buildings within the development site where non-habitable rooms/blank walls face other non-habitable rooms/ blank walls.
S.2Where the 3 metre building separation between buildings along the street is used as part of a dwelling's outdoor space, the associated dwelling may have openings facing that space.
S.3Attics which are located in two storey buildings may be permitted only in dwellings which face the street or which directly face another element of the public domain such as a park.
S.4Attics windows are not to allow overlooking of adjacent dwellings or their private open spaces. An outlook to the street should be provided from attic windows where appropriate.

S.1The minimum separation between habitable rooms/balconies is 12 metres.
S.2For loft dwellings facing rear lanes, the minimum separation between habitable rooms/balconies is 8 metres.

S.1The minimum separation between habitable rooms/balconies is 12 metres up to and including the 3rd storey and 18 metres above the 3rd storey.