VicSmart Clause 59.04 – Decision Guidelines

59.04 – Building and works in a zone (except a rural zone) is the clause in local planning schemes that sets out the following for VicSmart planning applications:

• Clause 59.04-1 Information requirements – what you must provide to support your application and repeated in VicSmart Checklist 5: Construct a building or works in a zone (other than a rural zone).
• Clause 59.04-2 Decision guidelines – the decision guidelines by which the council assess your application.

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59.04 BUILDINGS AND WORKS IN A ZONE (EXCEPT A RURAL ZONE)

59.04-2 Decision Guidelines

31/07/2018 VC148
In assessing an application the responsible authority must consider as appropriate:

• Whether the proposal is consistent with any relevant urban design and built form policy set out in the scheme.
• Whether the movement of pedestrians and cyclists, and vehicles providing for supplies and waste removal are appropriately accommodated.
• Whether the design complements the built form of the surrounding properties and the streetscape, including the conservation of buildings, the design of verandahs, access from the street front, protecting active frontages to pedestrian areas, the treatment of the fronts and backs of buildings and their appurtenances, illumination of buildings or their immediate spaces and the landscaping of land adjoining a road.
• Whether the land and building have availability of and connection to services.
• Whether the proposed development adversely impacts the amenity of the land and the locality including existing dwellings on adjoining sites.
• Whether the proposed development appropriately provides for landscaping.
• Whether the proposed development adversely affects solar access to existing open spaces and public places.
• Whether the proposal meets the car parking requirements specified in Clause 52.06 or in the schedule to the Parking Overlay.
• Whether the proposal meets the maximum building height specified in the schedule to the zone.
• Whether the proposal meets any relevant requirements specified in the zone or the schedule to the zone.
• Whether the proposal is consistent with any relevant approved development plan or incorporated plan.
• The objectives set out in the schedule to the zone.
• Whether the proposal provides adequate vehicle loading and unloading facilities.
• For land in a residential zone:
  • Whether the proposed development is consistent with any neighbourhood character objectives set out in the schedule to the zone.
  • Whether the development is compatible with residential use.
  • The scale and intensity of the development.
  • The design, height, setback and appearance of the proposed buildings and works.

 Source: Victoria Planning Provisions – VicSmart Clause 59.04 by the Department of Transport and Planning