5.2024.348.1 - 51 Howick Street LATHLAIN

Planning document  

Residential Design Codes (R-Codes) Volume 1  

Design element  

C3.1  

Relevant design principle(s)  

P3.1 Buildings set back from lot boundaries or adjacent buildings on the same lot so as to:  

• reduce impacts of building bulk on adjoining properties;  

• provide adequate sunlight and ventilation to the building and open spaces on the site and adjoining properties; and  

• minimise the extent of overlooking and resultant loss of privacy on adjoining properties. 

Planning document  

Residential Design Codes (R-Codes) Volume 1  

Design element  

C1.1 & C1.2  

oundar 

P1.1 Minimal direct overlooking of active habitable spaces and outdoor living areas of adjacent dwellings achieved through:  

• building layout and location;  

• design of major openings;  

• landscape screening of outdoor active habitable spaces; and/or  

• location of screening devices.  

P1.2 Maximum visual privacy to side and rear boundaries through measures such as:  

• offsetting the location of ground and first floor windows so that viewing is oblique rather than direct;  

• building to the boundary where appropriate;  

• setting back the first floor from the side boundary;  

• providing higher or opaque and fixed windows; and/or  

• screen devices (including landscaping, fencing, obscure glazing, timber screens, external blinds, window hoods and shutters)