Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Building Regulations 2006 - SECT 420

Daylight to habitable room windows

420. Daylight to habitable room windows



(1) A habitable room window of a building on an allotment must face-

   (a)  an outdoor space or light court with a minimum area of 3m2 and a
        minimum dimension of 1m clear to the sky, not including land on an
        adjoining allotment; or

   (b)  a verandah on the allotment if it is open for at least one third of
        its perimeter; or

   (c)  a carport on the allotment if-

   (i)  it has 2 or more sides open; and

   (ii) it is open for at least one third of its perimeter.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), a side of a carport or verandah may
be taken to be open if the roof covering of the carport or verandah adjacent
to that side is not less than 500mm from another building on the allotment or
the adjoining allotment boundary.

(3) 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.