For the requirement of submitting DA application, we have hired town planner to perform a due diligence check of the property and to investigate possible impact for compliance.
From the town planner's report, a number of key compliance area in respect to the City Council's requirements has our attention:
- The maximum building height is 8m for principal dwelling and 5.7m for secondary dwelling.
- The building height is measured from natural ground level to the vertical distance between the existing ground level and to the highest point of the building. It applies across the building envelope.
- The Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 0.4:1, which means the maximum Gross Floor Area (GFA) allowable to be 0.4 of total site area.
- Regarding the permission of secondary dwelling development (refer previous post), the maximum floor area for secondary dwelling is 60sqm or ten percent of GFA of principal dwelling, whichever is greater.
- The building setback must be 7m from the front/street where there is no setback line, 4m from the rear boundary and 900mm from the side boundary for 1-2 storeys.
- The minimum soft landscaped area is (0.525 x site area).
Our land is downslope. To utilise that, our design will include extension to the rear-end of the existing building into two storeys. The design works within the building height compliance, and it should also minimise the alternation to the existing structure.
We have been thinking of the possibility of adding a granny flat and, with green light from Council, it looks like we can go ahead with the idea.
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