UPDATE
This fact sheet outlines key changes
Council currently proposes to make
to the draft Housing Diversity DPA.
Changes are detailed in the red boxes.
housing diversity
Residential Zone - Historic Conservation
Policy Area 30 Mile End
This Zone features
predominantly residential
development with some
small scale non-residential
activities such as offices,
shops, consulting rooms and
educational establishments
in certain locations. Nonresidential activities will be
complementary to surrounding
dwellings.
Allotments will be at varying
densities to provide for a
diversity of housing options.
The range of allotment sizes will
support the desired dwelling
types in each Policy Area.
Development should not
be undertaken unless it is
consistent with the desired
character for the zone and
policy area.
Desired Character
Residential Historic
Conservation Policy Area 30
will contain detached and semidetached dwellings, with some
small-scale, complementary
non-residential activities in
certain locations, particularly
fronting South Road.
Allotments will remain at
very low to low density and
generally deep, with narrow
frontages to wide main streets.
Subdivision will reinforce the
existing allotment pattern. *
It is envisaged that streets
running east-west within the
Policy Area will continue to
provide pedestrian access to the
main frontages of dwellings,
and the laneways will be used
for rear vehicular access.
4 October 2013
All new development will
be complementary to
historic buildings rather than
dominating or detracting
from them. There will be
predominantly one storey
buildings, with some two storey
buildings where the upper
level is contained within the
roof space in a manner that is
complementary to the single
storey character of nearby
buildings. New dwellings will
incorporate building elements
common to older structures
such as pitched roofs, verandas
and simple detailing, as well
as building materials such as
stone, bricks, limited rendered
masonry and corrugated iron/
steel. Alterations and additions
will be primarily located at the
rear of existing dwellings so
that they have minimal impact
on the streetscape.
Setbacks will be complementary
to the boundary setbacks of
existing buildings in the Policy
Area.
Historic front fencing, such as
post and rail with woven wire
and timber picket fences will
be preserved, and new front
fencing will be complementary
in form and materials,
facilitating views into front
yards and of building façades.
Streetscape character elements
including continuous front
fencing, landscaping space in
front yards, regular street trees
and on-street visitor car parking
will be supported by limiting
vehicle crossovers to laneways.
Dwellings should front
primary roads and not
laneways.
Off-street car parking
should be provided from
laneways in preference to
primary street frontages.
Note: The Housing Diversity
Development Plan Amendment
does not alter the boundary of
this Historic Conservation Policy
Area. However the Desired
Character statement has been
updated to reinforce Council’s
intent to preserve the heritage
elements and character in this
area.
Continued overleaf
*See notes overleaf
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What has Council resolved in response to resident feedback?
Council has made the following decisions that are proposed to be included in the final draft
DPA for Council and Ministerial approval:
• Dwellings should front primary roads and not laneways.
• Off-street car parking should be provided from laneways in preference to primary street
frontages.
• In character policy areas, other than in Policy Area 26, garages and carports facing the
street (other than an access lane way) should be designed with a maximum width of 3.66
metres.
• Inserted existing overshadowing provisions into General Residential Development Policy.
* What decisions are yet to be made?
•Include provisions to ensure access to 2 hours of sunlight to solar panels between 9am
and 3pm on 22 June.
•Inserting the following Principle of Development Control “Land division may only occur
where there is an accompanying application for dwellings that are consistent with the
Desired Character statement for the Policy Area”
•Various minor amendments to policy may have to be made as a result of the proposed
changes.
What happens now?
• The Policy, Planning and Performance Committee will meet on 22 October to consider the
outstanding matters.
• The Council administration will incorporate additional changes to the draft, based on
recommendations of the Policy, Planning and Performance Committee and approved by
Council.
• Council will then be asked to endorse the final draft of the DPA on 19 November 2013.
• The DPA will then be sent to the State Government Minister for Planning for final
approval.
Important notes:
• Notwithstanding the decisions of Council to date, no policy is fixed until the Council endorses a
final version of the DPA and the Minister approves and gazettes the DPA.
• If you have any queries regarding the information on this fact sheet, telephone 8416 6333.