BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 188A Decision guidelines on design and siting of single dwellings[7]

BUILDING ACT 1993 - SECT 188A

    (1)     The Minister may from time to time issue guidelines relating to the design and siting of single dwellings.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), these matters may include—

        (a)     matters relating to the consideration of neighbourhood character and amenity and the acceptability of the design and siting of the proposed dwelling in the neighbourhood;

        (b)     matters relating to the availability of light to, and the overshadowing of, nearby buildings and allotments;

        (c)     matters relating to privacy and overlooking, in relation to nearby buildings and allotments;

        (d)     matters relating to the height of a building, and the distances from buildings to the boundaries of an allotment or to nearby buildings;

        (e)     matters relating to how much of an allotment may be used for buildings, how much of an allotment may be covered by impermeable surfaces and the provision of open spaces on an allotment;

        (f)     matters relating to the preservation of trees, and of architectural or heritage features;

        (g)     matters relating to the provision of car parking in relation to an allotment;

        (h)     matters relating to the use of impermeable surface materials on an allotment and their effect on drainage and runoff;

              (i)     matters relating to the energy efficiency of buildings;

        (j)     matters relating to fences and boundary walls on an allotment.

    (3)     The guidelines must be published in the Government Gazette.

    (4)     In this section "single dwelling" means a building, or buildings, of a class specified by the regulations for the purposes of this section that is, or are, intended to be used as a dwelling.

S. 189 amended by No. 34/2013 s. 34(Sch. 1 item 27), substituted byNo. 21/2017 s. 77.