Sun access in Liverpool city centre
7.2 Sun access in Liverpool city centre
The objective of this clause is to protect specified public open space from excessive overshadowing.
This clause applies to certain land in the Liverpool city centre, as specified in the Table to this clause.
Despite clause 4.3, development on land to which this clause applies is prohibited if the development results in any part of a building on land specified in Column 1 of the Table to this clause projecting above the height specified opposite that land in Column 2 of the Table.
This clause does not apply to development resulting only in refurbishment of a building.
Column 1
Column 2
Location
Maximum height
Land within 9m of the public right of way on the northern side of Elizabeth Street, opposite Bigge Park, between Bigge Street and College Street
20m
Land within 9m of the public right of way on the northern side of Elizabeth Drive, opposite St Luke’s Church Grounds between Northumberland Street and Macquarie Street
20m
Land within 4m of the public right of way on either side of Macquarie Street, between Elizabeth Street and Memorial Avenue (except the most southern 60m)
21m
Land within 17m of the northern boundary of Apex Park between the Hume Highway and Castlereagh Street
15m
Land within 9m of the public right of way on the western side of Northumberland Street opposite Liverpool Pioneers’ Memorial Park between Lachlan and Campbell Streets
30m
Land within 9m of the public right of way on the eastern side of Macquarie Street opposite Liverpool Pioneers’ Memorial Park between Lachlan and Campbell Streets
30m
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.