Penrith Local Environmental Plan 2010

The objectives of this clause are to—

ensure development incorporates planning and design measures to reduce the urban heat island effect in Penrith, and

ensure buildings and outdoor spaces are thermally comfortable for people living and working in Penrith, particularly during summer, and

promote the cooling benefits of green infrastructure and water in the landscape.

This clause applies to land in the following zones—

Zone RU5 Village,

a residential zone,

an employment zone,

a mixed use zone,

a special purpose zone,

a recreation zone,

Zone C4 Environmental Living.

Development consent must not be granted to development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that planning and design measures are incorporated to reduce the urban heat island effect that—

maximise green infrastructure, and

retain water in the landscape, and

use design measures to ensure the thermal performance of the development achieves a high degree of passive cooling, and

use building, paving and other materials that minimise heat impacts, and

reduce reliance on mechanical ventilation and cooling systems, to conserve energy and to minimise heat sources.

In this clause—

supports sustainable communities, and

is strategically designed and managed to support a good quality of life in an urban environment.

use of roads, car parks, pavements, roofs, walls and other hard and dark surfaces, and

activities that generate heat, including waste air from mechanical cooling systems, and

reduction in green infrastructure.