New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NORTH SYDNEY LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 1989 - REG 12A

12A Controls in Zone No 2 (g) (Cremorne Point Residential)

(1) This clause applies to land in the Residential 2 (g) Zone.

(2) The Council must not consent to the erection of a building on land in the 2 (g) Zone if:

(a) the proposed building will have more than two storeys measured vertically above any point at natural ground level,

(b) the proposed building will result in the significant loss of views from surrounding properties and public spaces, including roads, laneways, and parkland,

(c) the proposed building will cast a shadow, on an existing dwelling, which reduces the sunlight available to the northern facade or landscaped open space areas of such dwelling to less than 2 hours per day between 9.00 am and 3.00 pm mid-winter, or

(d) any well-founded objections, in the opinion of the Council, have been raised by persons likely to be affected by the proposed building.

(3) Despite subclause (2) (a), the Council may consent to the erection of a building on land in the 2 (g) Zone with a height greater than two storeys but only if it is satisfied that:

(a) the proposed building will not contravene the criteria in subclauses (2) (b) and (2) (c),

(b) the wall height, at the mid-point on the front facade of the proposed building, will not exceed the average of the wall heights at the mid-point on the front facades of the nearest characteristic buildings to each side,

(c) the wall heights on the remaining facades of the proposed building will not exceed the reduced level (R.L.) established at the top of the wall on the front facade, and

(d) no well founded objections, in the opinion of the Council, have been raised by persons likely to be affected by the proposed building.