Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Amendment No 5) (2015-575) LW 25 September 2015 (NSW)

New South Wales

Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013

(Amendment No 5)

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

I, the Minister for Planning, make the following local environmental plan under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

SIMON MANOSKI

As delegate for the Minister for Planning

Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Amendment No 5) [NSW]

Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Amendment No 5)

under the

Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

1      Name of Plan

This Plan is Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 (Amendment No 5).

2      Commencement

This Plan commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3      Land to which Plan applies

This Plan applies to the land to which Hornsby Local Environmental Plan 2013 applies.

Schedule 1

Amendment of Hornsby Local Environmental

Plan 2013

Clause 6.8

Insert after clause 6.7:

6.8

Design excellence

(1) The objective of this clause is to deliver the highest standard of architectural and urban design. (2) This clause applies to development involving the erection of a new building or external alterations to an existing building, which will result in a building with a height of more than 29.6 metres. (3) Development consent must not be granted to development to which this clause applies unless the consent authority considers that the development exhibits design excellence. (4) In considering whether the development exhibits design excellence, the consent authority must have regard to the following matters:

(a)

whether a high standard of architectural design, materials and detailing appropriate to the building type and location will be achieved,

(b)

whether the form and external appearance of the development will improve the quality and amenity of the public domain,

(c)

whether the development detrimentally impacts on view corridors,

(d)

whether the development achieves transit-oriented design principles, including the need to ensure direct, efficient and safe pedestrian and cycle access to nearby transit nodes,

(e)

the requirements of the Hornsby Development Control Plan,

(f)

how the development addresses the following matters:

(i)	the suitability of the land for development,
(ii)	existing and proposed uses and use mix,

(iii)	heritage issues and streetscape constraints,
(iv)	the relationship of the development with other development (existing or proposed) on the same site or on neighbouring sites in terms of separation, setbacks, amenity and urban form,
(v)	bulk, massing and modulation of buildings,
(vi)	street frontage heights,
(vii)	environmental impacts and factors such as sustainable design, overshadowing and solar access, visual and acoustic privacy, noise, wind, reflectivity, water and energy efficiency and water sensitive urban design,

(viii)      the achievement of the principles of ecologically sustainable development,

(ix)      pedestrian, cycle, vehicular and service access and circulation requirements,

(x)      the impact on, and any proposed improvements to, the public domain,

(xi)      achieving appropriate interfaces at ground level between the development and the public domain,

(xii)      integration of landscape design, including the configuration and design of communal access and communal recreation areas, to incorporate exemplary and innovative treatments and to promote an effective social atmosphere.