28Built environment design principles and masterplans

28 Built environment design principles and masterplans

28 Built environment design principles and masterplans

(1) The Council, in determining an application for consent to the carrying out of any development on land to which this plan applies, must take into consideration whether the development—

(a) has been designed to reinforce and protect the local topography and setting, and

(b) reinforces and enhances the streetscape and character of the locality, and

(c) is compatible with the scale and design of neighbouring development, and

(d) has been designed with adequate provision for the intended occupants, and those in the vicinity of the site of the proposed development, in terms of—

(i) privacy, and

(ii) access to sunlight, and

(e) has been designed so as to be energy efficient in terms of natural—

(i) lighting, and

(ii) ventilation, and

(iii) heating and cooling, and

(f) establishes and enhances the public domain, and

(g) has been designed so as to preserve predominant view lines and vistas enjoyed from parks, reserves, roadways, footpaths and other areas of the public domain, and

(h) encourages complementary land uses and activities.

(2) The Council, before granting consent to the carrying out of development on land within Zone No 5 or comprising a site area of 5,000 square metres or more, must take into consideration any masterplan for the land that is available to the Council.