New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WOLLONGONG CITY CENTRE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2007 - REG 21

21 Height of buildings

(1) The objectives of this Plan for the control of the height of buildings are as follows:

(a) to allow sunlight access to key areas of the public domain by ensuring that further overshadowing of certain parks and community places is avoided or limited during nominated times,

(b) to provide high quality urban form for all buildings,

(c) to maintain satisfactory sky exposure and daylight to existing buildings, to the sides and rear of tower forms and to public areas, including parks, streets and lanes,

(d) to ensure that taller development occurs on sites capable of providing appropriate urban form and amenity,

(e) to nominate heights that will provide a transition in built form and land use intensity within the area covered by this Plan,

(f) to ensure an appropriate height transition between new buildings and heritage items.

(2) The height of a building on any land is not to exceed the maximum height shown for the land on the Height of Buildings Map.