noise sources on immediately adjacent properties. Dwellings and residential buildings close to busy roads, railway lines or industry should be designed to limit noise levels in habitable rooms. 55.05-1 Accessibility objective Standard B25 Complies To encourage the The dwelling entries of the ground The entries to the ground floor consideration of the needs floor of dwellings and residential of the dwellings are accessible of people with limited buildings should be accessible or to those with limited mobility. mobility in the design of able to be easily made accessible However all living spaces and developments. to people with limited mobility. kitchen are located on the second floor with only internal stair access. 55.05-2 Dwelling entry Standard B26 Does not comply objective Entries to dwellings and residential Comments: The entries to the To provide each dwelling buildings should: three proposed dwellings are or residential building no clearly visible from the Be visible and easily identifiable with its own sense of street, the narrow walkway from streets and other public identity. does not allow for a sense of areas. address. In this case retaining Provide shelter, a sense of the existing dwelling is creating personal address and a a site constraint and has transitional space around the resulted in a poor design entry. outcome. The dwelling entries are unclear and hidden from the street. The walkway is only 1 metre wide with 700mm of landscaping. This doesn’t create a safe space for pedestrians. 55.05-3 Daylight to new Standard B27 Complies windows objective A window in a habitable room should All habitable room windows To allow adequate be located to face: face an outdoor space of the daylight into new required dimensions, allowing An outdoor space clear to the sky habitable room windows. light into habitable rooms. or a light court with a minimum area of 3 square metres and All windows will receive day minimum dimension of 1 metre light however given the height clear to the sky, not including land of the development a majority on an abutting lot, or of the windows have been A verandah provided it is open for obscured glazed to comply at least one third of its perimeter, with overlooking. or
noise sources on immediately adjacent properties. Dwellings and residential buildings close to busy roads, railway lines or industry should be designed to limit noise levels in habitable rooms. 55.05-1 Accessibility objective To encourage the consideration of the needs of people with limited mobility in the design of developments. Standard B25 The dwelling entries of the ground floor of dwellings and residential buildings should be accessible or able to be easily made accessible to people with limited mobility. Complies The entries to the ground floor of the dwellings are accessible to those with limited mobility. However all living spaces and kitchen are located on the second floor with only internal stair access. 55.05-2 Dwelling entry objective To provide each dwelling or residential building with its own sense of identity. Standard B26 Entries to dwellings and residential buildings should: Be visible and easily identifiable from streets and other public areas. Provide shelter, a sense of personal address and a transitional space around the entry. Does not comply Comments: The entries to the three proposed dwellings are no clearly visible from the street, the narrow walkway does not allow for a sense of address. In this case retaining the existing dwelling is creating a site constraint and has resulted in a poor design outcome. The dwelling entries are unclear and hidden from the street. The walkway is only 1 metre wide with 700mm of landscaping. This doesn’t create a safe space for pedestrians. 55.05-3 Daylight to new windows objective To allow adequate daylight into new habitable room windows. Standard B27 A window in a habitable room should be located to face: An outdoor space clear to the sky or a light court with a minimum area of 3 square metres and minimum dimension of 1 metre clear to the sky, not including land on an abutting lot, or A verandah provided it is open for at least one third of its perimeter, or Complies All habitable room windows face an outdoor space of the required dimensions, allowing light into habitable rooms. All windows will receive day light however given the height of the development a majority of the windows have been obscured glazed to comply with overlooking.