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DESIGN GUIDELINES Inspiring Spaces sigv.com.au Another quality boutique coastal development proudly brought to you by DESIGN GUIDELINES inspiring spaces 1 1 1. Design Review Process To ensure Sussex Inlet Golf Village STEP 1 is a high quality, desirable and Building company or Architect prepares house design for each block using the Design Guidelines. sustainable community these Design Guidelines have been STEP 2 Send your completed Application Form, architectural carefully prepared to assist the design plans, landscape plan and BASIX Certificate to the of your home and landscaping. Design Review Panel. STEP 3 A Design Review Panel has been The Design Review Panel will assess your design(s). appointed to assess each new home STEP 4 design before seeking Council or The Design Review Panel will either: Complying Development Approval. a) request further information from you if there is insufficient information for the Design Review Panel to assess the design. b) suggest modifications in order to meet the Design Guidelines. We may suggest areas of your design that should be reviewed in order to meet the Design Guidelines. You will be asked to re-submit your design after you have revised it (go back to Step 2). CONTENTS c) if the Design Review Panel find there are areas that 1. Orientation, Privacy and Services .............................5 need further review, or you are proposing something 2. Streetscape .................................................................. 6 unusual that we need to discuss further we may invite 3. Fencing, Letterboxes and Setbacks ........................... 7 you to a workshop with the Design Review Panel. Sussex Inlet Canals developed by Lucas Property Group. 4. Sustainable Targets .................................................... 8 5. Landscaping .............................................................. 11 d) approve your design. You will be given a certificate of 6. Colours and Finishes ............................................... 12 approval from the Design Review Panel, and stamped 7. Drought-tolerant Indigenous Plant Selection ..... 14 approved drawings. 8. Streetscape Incentive Plan ..................................... 17 STEP 5 Submit your house design to Shoalhaven City Council (SCC) for Development Approval and Construction Certificate Approval or Principal Certifying Authority for Complying Development Certificate. 2 3 Y R 500 250 25% OPEN BOUNDA 30 MIN 17 1.2m MAX 1.8m MAX COLORBOND GREY RIDGE PAGE 3_1 PAGE 3_2 PAGE 1_2 1. Orientation, Privacy and Services Building Orientation To ensure you enjoy the best lifestyle possible, your new home internal living areas are encouraged to face north or north east and overlook the outdoor living area. West-facing living areas should be avoided. Y Natural cross ventilation should be considered when N R STREET Y STREET 500 250 BINS deciding on the placement of windows to encourage gentleR 25% OPEN breezes through the house. This is especially important LIVING BOUNDA PRIMA 30 MIN in kitchens, if good cross ventilation can not be achieved AREA 17 ensure range hoods are externally5m flued. For windows in 1.2m 1m MAX western walls consider sun shading via eaves or screening. MAX 1.8m MIN MAX SECONDARY STREET Privacy and Surveillance Avoid overlooking and being overlooked by locating private open space behind the front building line and considering Y the position of windows or raising sill heights in habitable R PAGE 1_3 2.2 PAGE 1_1 COLORBOND GREY RIDGE 500 250 rooms that overlook neighbouring private open space. 25% OPEN To facilitate passive street surveillance at least one habitable BOUNDA 30 MIN room should overlook the front street from your home. 17 PAGE 3_1 PAGE 3_2 PAGE 1_2 1.2m MAX Garages and Services 1.8m MAX A garage or carport should be designed as part of, or complementary to, the overall home. There should be a particular focus on using similar depth eaves, and similar roof forms or extensions of the roof of the main house. A maximum garageCOLORBOND door GREYwidth, RIDGE either as one double or two single doors, of 6m is permitted. The garage should be setback an additional 1m behind the main front building line. PAGE 3_1 Service functionsPAGE such 3_2as bin storage, clothes lines, hot PAGE 1_2 water tanks, rain water tanks, air conditioning equipment, and boat or caravan storage should not be visible from the N STREET Y STREET street. These should be concealed behind the main building BINS R in a courtyard facing the side boundary or behind an opaque LIVING fence or screen. PRIMA AREA “To ensure you enjoy the best lifestyle possible 5m 1m MAX MIN in your new home internal living areas are SECONDARY STREET encouraged to face north or north east and overlook the outdoor living area”. PAGE 1_3 N 2.2 PAGE 1_1 STREET Y STREET BINS R 4 LIVING 5 PRIMA AREA 5m 1m MAX MIN SECONDARY STREET PAGE 1_3 2.2 PAGE 1_1 2. Streetscape 3. Fencing, Letterboxes and Setbacks Y External Façade Front Fences R 500 250 To create high quality and attractive homes at least Any fence located along the boundary of, or within the 25% OPEN 2 different forms of external cladding materials should be setback area to, a primary or secondary road must: BOUNDA 30 MIN used on front facades. • not be more than 1.2m above ground level (existing), 17 It is generally suggested that the primary cladding material • be open for at least 25% of the area of the fence with a 1.2m MAX 1.8m be rendered and painted brick, or textured and painted minimum aperture of 30mm. Any individual solid element MAX DURABLE. For a fence to make any sense in Australia, fibre cement sheet or cladding board. Secondary cladding of the fence being no more than 250mm in width (an it must stand the test of time. COLORBOND® steel won’t rot. It won’t be eaten by termites. When installed correctly, materials may include timber, stone or face brick. Other example being a brick pier), and it won’t have any vertical gaps, visible footholds or loose palings. It’s also non-combustible and resists the progress materials may be considered on their merits. of fire3. So you can be sure COLORBOND® steel will enhance • a single individual solid element containing a letterbox may the privacy and security of your home for years to come. It’s also made to be compliant with all the relevant To ensure a varied streetscape no two homes will be be allowed per property with a width being no more than Australian Standards and backed by a warranty of up to 10 years from BlueScope4. So your decision to choose approved with the same front façade within 3 lots of any 500mm. COLORBOND® steel will give you peace of mind that COLORBOND GREY RIDGE you’ve chosen a quality material to last for years to come. given house on either side of the road. Fence colour: Evening Haze® 22.5° MIN 5°-15° Side and Rear Fences Roofs and Eaves Fencing on rear and side boundaries should be in Colorbond® PAGE 3_1 PAGE 3_2 PAGE 1_2 Hip or gable roofs should have a minimum pitch of 22.5°, 450 Dune not exceeding 1.6m in height. skillion or flat roofs should have a minimum pitch of 5° and a MIN Golf course frontage lots will have a rear fence constructed maximum pitch of 15°. Eaves should have a minimum depth by SIGV. It will be a dark green cyclone wire fence that will of 450mm. A change in the depth of eaves may be considered provide views over the fairways as well as block most stray if it fits the character of the house design. golf balls. DUNE® Building Articulation Letterboxes Facades facing any street or public space (including Letterboxes and street numbers should be designed into a secondary street frontages) shall be articulated to avoid ® ® larger masonry or timber structure, such as a post at least COLORBOND DUNE simple box designs and create interest in the streetscape. page 4_2 page 4_3 450mm in width, pier, gateway or incorporated into the front A maximum straight line wall length of 5m is permissible fence if applicable. High quality materials should be used. for a primary street frontage or 10m for a secondary street frontage or side boundary. Letterboxes and street numbers should also be clearly N Fence colour: Dune® STREET Y STREET visible from the street and incorporate a space for BINS R Architectural features such as window seats, bay windows, a newspaper delivery. 5 It’s all about how it’s made Tested in the harshest Australian conditions over the last 50 years, LIVING stepped façade, change in materials or verandas and porches your COLORBOND® steel fence is far more than just ‘paint on steel’. PRIMA 5 AREA STREET 1 The structural steel core base is made to meet Australian Standard AS 1397, should be used to avoid monotonous architectural treatment. 4 ensuring strict adherence to the highest quality grade and finish of your steel. Front and Rear Setbacks 3 4.5 3 3 2 The steel base of the fencing panels is coated with Activate™ technology, 5m 2 BlueScope’s industry-leading metallic coating that enhances anti-corrosion MAX Front Doors should be clearly visible from the primary street Internal Homesites 1 performance.1m 3 A thin pre-treatmentMIN layer is applied to enhance the adhesion of further coatings. frontage and delineated with a covered porch or portico of at Setbacks are defined by the SCC DCP as follows: The Front 4 A polyester primer is baked onto the surface. SECONDARY STREET least 1.5m in width and depth. 5 A topcoat of specially developed exterior grade lead-free paint (compliant with Boundary Setback is 5m to walls or 4.5m to open structures Australian Standard AS 2728) is baked on for enhanced resistance to chipping, peeling and cracking and to ensure the finish retains its look for longer.
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