New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

SUTHERLAND SHIRE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2006 - REG 34

34 Building height--seniors housing in Zone 4, 5 or 6

(1) Objectives The objectives of this clause, in relation to seniors housing on land in Zone 4--Local Housing, Zone 5--Multiple Dwelling A or Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B, are as follows--

(a) to ensure that seniors housing is of a height that is compatible with--

(i) the scale of other residential buildings in the zone in which it is located, and

(ii) the desired scale and character of the street and locality in which the seniors housing is located, and

(iii) complements any natural landscape setting of the seniors housing,

(b) to allow reasonable daylight access to all buildings and the public domain,

(c) to minimise the impacts of new seniors housing on adjoining or nearby properties from loss of views, loss of privacy, overshadowing or visual intrusion,

(d) to ensure that the visual impact of seniors housing is minimised when viewed from adjoining properties, the street, waterways and public reserves.

(2) Controls The consent authority must not consent to development for the purpose of seniors housing on land in Zone 4--Local Housing, Zone 5--Multiple Dwelling A or Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B unless it has considered the objectives of this clause.

(3) Seniors housing on land in Zone 4--Local Housing or Zone 5--Multiple Dwelling A must not exceed 2 storeys.

(4) Seniors housing on land in Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B must not comprise more than--

(a) the maximum number of storeys specified on the Height and Density Controls Map in relation to the land concerned, or

(b) if that map does not specify a maximum number of storeys in relation to the land concerned--3 storeys.

(5) Seniors housing on land in Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B must not exceed any maximum height (as measured vertically from ground level to the highest point of the roof of the building) specified on the Height and Density Controls Map in relation to the land concerned.

(6) If seniors housing on land in Zone 4--Local Housing, Zone 5--Multiple Dwelling A or Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B includes a townhouse or villa house, the two-storey building in which the townhouse is located or the villa house must not exceed the maximum height specified in clause 33 (4) (b) or (16), respectively, for that kind of building.