Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Building Regulations 2006 - SECT 415

Walls on boundaries

415. Walls on boundaries



(1) This regulation applies to the construction of-

   (a)  a wall on or within 150mm of a side or rear boundary of an allotment;
        or

   (b)  a carport constructed on or within 1m of a side or rear boundary of an
        allotment and which is open on the side facing the boundary or
        boundaries.

(2) The length of the wall, or of the carport, or of the wall and carport or
that length combined with the length of any existing wall or carport, must not
exceed the greater of the following lengths-

   (a)  10m plus 25% of the remaining length of the boundary of an adjoining
        allotment; or

   (b)  the length of any existing wall or carport constructed on an adjoining
        allotment which is within 150mm of the boundary of that allotment if
        the proposed construction abuts the existing wall or carport.

(3) The wall or carport must not exceed-

   (a)  an average height of 3m; and

   (b)  a maximum height of 3·6m.

(4) Despite subregulation (3), if a wall or carport abuts an existing wall or
carport it may be constructed to the same height as that wall or carport.

(5) The report and consent of the relevant council must be obtained to an
application for a building permit in relation to a design that does not comply
with this regulation.