Height of buildings exhibiting design excellence
7.7A Height of buildings exhibiting design excellence
This clause applies to land identified on the Incentive Height of Buildings Map.
A building on the land may have an incentive height, being a height that—
is more than the maximum height shown on the Height of Buildings Map for the land, and
is less than or equal to the height shown on the Incentive Height of Buildings Map for the land.
Development consent must not be granted to development resulting in a building that has an incentive height on the land unless—
a competitive design process has been held in relation to the development, and
the design of the development is the winner of the competitive design process, and
the consent authority considers that the development exhibits design excellence, and
for the part of the land identified as “Area A” on the Incentive Height of Buildings Map—the consent authority is satisfied—
the building will be used for the purposes of a hospital, and
the building will not have more than 11 storeys.
In considering whether development exhibits design excellence, the consent authority must have regard to the matters specified in clause 7.7(4).
In this clause—
competitive design process means a design competition held in accordance with the Design Competition Guidelines published by the Department in September 2023.
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