Maximum height of dwelling houses
15 Maximum height of dwelling houses
The height of a new dwelling house, or the alterations and additions to an existing dwelling house, that is not on an internal lot—
must not be greater than 8.5m in height above ground level (existing), and
must not be more than 2 storeys.
The height of a new dwelling house, or the alterations and additions to an existing dwelling house, that is on an internal lot—
must not be greater than 5.4m in height above ground level (existing), and
must not be more than one storey.
For the purposes of calculating the number of storeys in a dwelling house, any existing basement (including a garage) is to be counted as a storey.
The ground floor of any dwelling house must not be more than 0.6m above ground level (existing).
In this clause—
internal lot means a lot to which there is no practical means of vehicular access by car or to which the only practical means of vehicular access is by way of—
an access corridor (in the case of a hatchet-shaped lot), or
a right of way that traverses another lot, or
an access corridor that is common property in a strata plan or community title scheme.
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