Building Siting Retain the traditional narrow Ensure appropriate building frontage treatments. frontage rhythm that reflects a traditional strip shopping area. Ensure new buildings match the Ensure that new commercial setbacks of the front facades of buildings address the street. adjoining shopfronts. Where the adjoining shopfronts have varied setbacks, design buildings to step to each setback. Orientate commercial buildings to address the street. Building Form Ensure that new buildings are Design buildings for energy designed to respond to the efficiency, considering solar characteristics of the site and access and utilising sustainable locality, and demonstrate a energy and construction high standard of contemporary techniques wherever possible. expression. Articulate the form of buildings and elevations. Limit buildings in the town centre generally to a height of two storeys. Provide articulated roof forms on new developments to provide visual interest to the street. Design building forms that On larger sites articulate facades express the fine grain (narrow to emulate the fine grain (narrow frontage) pattern of the town frontage) pattern of the town centre. centre. Ensure that new buildings Orientate commercial buildings encourage social interaction towards the street and provide the and interest at street level. entrance to the building directly from the street frontage. Provide a well articulated façade, with shop front windows at street level. On corner allotments, ensure
Building Siting Ensure appropriate building frontage rhythm that reflects a traditional strip shopping area. Retain the traditional narrow frontage treatments. Ensure that new commercial buildings address the street. Ensure new buildings match the setbacks of the front facades of adjoining shopfronts. Where the adjoining shopfronts have varied setbacks, design buildings to step to each setback. Orientate commercial buildings to address the street. Building Form Ensure that new buildings are designed to respond to the characteristics of the site and locality, and demonstrate a high standard of contemporary expression. Design buildings for energy efficiency, considering solar access and utilising sustainable energy and construction techniques wherever possible. Articulate the form of buildings and elevations. Limit buildings in the town centre generally to a height of two storeys. Provide articulated roof forms on new developments to provide visual interest to the street. Design building forms that express the fine grain (narrow frontage) pattern of the town centre. On larger sites articulate facades to emulate the fine grain (narrow frontage) pattern of the town centre. Ensure that new buildings encourage social interaction and interest at street level. Orientate commercial buildings towards the street and provide the entrance to the building directly from the street frontage. Provide a well articulated façade, with shop front windows at street level. On corner allotments, ensure
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