New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ILLAWARRA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN NO 1 - REG 139

139 Development applications-high rise buildings

(1) In this clause, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"ground level" means natural ground level.
"height", in relation to a building which has ceilings, means the distance measured vertically from any point on the ceiling of the topmost floor of the building to the ground level immediately below that point.

(1A) This clause applies to all land in the Wollongong Plain subregion and the Shoalhaven subregion, other than land to which Wollongong City Centre Local Environmental Plan 2007 applies.

(2) The consent authority must not consent to a development application to erect a building or to alter an existing building by increasing its height, where the building after erection or alteration will have a height of more than 11 metres, without the concurrence of the Director.

(3) In deciding whether to grant concurrence to a development application in respect of development referred to in subclause (2), the Director shall take into consideration:

(a) the height, scale, bulk and density of the proposed building,

(b) the external appearance and materials used on the exterior of the proposed building,

(c) the relationship of the proposed building to the streetscape or landscape,

(d) the effect of the proposed building on public amenity, including pedestrian amenity,

(e) the effect of the proposed building on wind patterns and wind velocity in public places,

(f) the effect of the proposed building on overshadowing of public places,

(g) the effect of the proposed building on views from public places,

(h) the effect of the proposed building on any item of the environmental heritage in the vicinity, and

(i) the effect of reflections from the exterior of the proposed building on roads, public places and buildings in the vicinity.