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WorksheetsComply with TP Part 1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the first step to check if your project meets town planning requirements?
Check overlay requirements
Check relevant objectives of Clauses 55 are met
Check zone & schedules requirements
Check operational provisions
Which of the following is NOT listed under the zones in the document?
Residential Zones
Industrial Zones
Agricultural Zones
Commercial Zones
What is the purpose of the Commercial 1 Zone schedule in metropolitan Melbourne?
To specify the maximum leasable floor area for office and shop
To specify the minimum leasable floor area for office and shop
To specify the number of floors for buildings
To specify the number of offices and shops
Which policy is NOT listed under Policies and Overlays for the Mount Street Neighbourhood Centre?
Clause 22 Neighbourhood Centres and Commercial Corridors Land Use and Urban Design Policy
Design & Development Overlay (DDO16)
Parking Overlay (PO1)
Environmental Protection Overlay (EPO)
What is the Design and Development Overlay Schedule 16 associated with?
Heritage Sites
Advertising Signs
Neighbourhood Centres
Public Open Spaces
Which of the following is NOT listed under the local planning policies?
22.01 - Advertising Signs Policy
22.02 - Discretionary Use & Development in Residential Areas Policy
22.06 - Environmental Policy
22.03 - Heritage Policy
What is one of the objectives of the local planning policies?
To ensure development is designed to protect the residential amenity of future residents of the development.
To ensure development does not include any commercial activities.
To ensure development is only for residential purposes.
To ensure development does not include any public spaces.
What is the purpose of ensuring building design embodies the highest environmental standards?
To achieve ecologically sustainable outcomes and the highest level of durability, robustness, and adaptability throughout the building life cycle.
To reduce the cost of construction.
To ensure the building is aesthetically pleasing.
To comply with international building codes.
What is one of the strategies for façade articulation and detailing?
Maintain the coarse grain shop front patterns of existing retail and commercial premises
Provide variation to surface alignment and materials
Ensure that the height of new buildings dominates the heritage place
Avoid providing external lighting
What should be avoided to ensure visually interesting buildings?
Blank side walls
Recessed upper level-built form
Active ground level frontages
External lighting
What is the minimum height clearance required for a cantilevered projection above a footpath?
2.5 metres
3.5 metres
4.5 metres
5.5 metres
Where should ground floor residential entries be located on corner sites?
On the primary retail/commercial frontage
On the side street
On the upper levels
On the rear laneways
What is the minimum extent of transparent glazed windows or doors required along ground floor frontages onto a street in the Commercial 1 Zone?
50%
60%
75%
80%
What should be avoided from being located at the ground floor along street frontages?
Residential premises
Service spaces (storerooms, toilets, lifts, garages)
Transparent glazed windows
Street setbacks
What is one of the requirements for new verandas according to the strategies for weather protection to footpaths?
They must be made of glass.
They must achieve continuous unbroken pedestrian weather protection.
They must be painted in bright colors.
They must be no higher than 2 metres.
What should be considered for verandas on sloping sites?
They should be made of metal.
They should step down to follow the slope of the street.
They should be painted in neutral colors.
They should be higher than 4 metres.
What should be avoided in service lanes to maintain cleanliness and order?
Unenclosed setbacks for rubbish and recycling bins
Street vendors
Public benches
Street art
What is one of the strategies for abutting residential zones?
Support development that contributes to an improved interface between the neighbourhood centres and the established residential areas.
Support development that contributes to an improved interface between the commercial areas and the industrial zones.
Support development that contributes to an improved interface between the neighbourhood centres and the industrial zones.
Support development that contributes to an improved interface between the commercial areas and the established residential areas.
What should be facilitated to provide all vehicular access to the site from the lane?
Access from a service lane
Access from a main road
Access from a pedestrian path
Access from a private driveway
Who determines if the traffic volume generated by the development would exceed the capacity of the service lane?
A qualified independent traffic engineer and Council’s engineers
The property owner
The construction company
The local residents
What is one of the conditions under which pedestrian access from service lanes should be avoided?
When there is no public lighting to the service lane between the street and the proposed entry
When the service lane is adjacent to a park
When the service lane is used for bicycle traffic
When the service lane is in a residential area
