Performance criteria is to be addressed by applicants as part of an application that is referred to Council (as a concurrence agency) under Schedule 9, Division 2 of the Planning Regulation 2017 (as amended) for amenity and aesthetic assessment.
The objective of amenity and aesthetic assessment’s is to address the community’s expectations on neighbourhood amenity throughout Redland City and to ensure that buildings and structures are in character with the locality in which they are to be erected with regard to scale, siting and external design.
An application must be referred to Council (as a concurrence agency) for an Amenity and Aesthetics assessment, together with the relevant fee being paid to Council, prior to any building work decision notice being determined by the Private or Council Certifier.
This includes the following items that Council considers may have an extremely adverse effect on the amenity, or likely amenity of a locality, or may be in extreme conflict with the character of a locality:
- Shipping containers and railway carriages that may be used for Class 10a purposes.
- Single detached Class 1a and 10a buildings that have been removed from other site/property and then transported and reconstructed onto premises within the Redland City.
- Single detached Class 1a buildings with a total area less than 60m² (excluding garage/carport and verandas) on the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.
- Secondary Dwellings.
A guideline which outlines the assessment and performance criteria has been prepared to support this policy.