New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

BLACKTOWN LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2015 - REG 7.7A

7.7A Height of buildings exhibiting design excellence

(1) This clause applies to land identified on the Incentive Height of Buildings Map .

(2) A building on the land may have an
"incentive height" , being a height that--

(a) is more than the maximum height shown on the Height of Buildings Map for the land, and

(b) is less than or equal to the height shown on the Incentive Height of Buildings Map for the land.

(3) Development consent must not be granted to development resulting in a building that has an incentive height on the land unless--

(a) an architectural design competition has been held in relation to the development, and

(b) the design of the development is the winner of the architectural design competition, and

(c) the consent authority considers that the development exhibits design excellence, and

(d) for the part of the land identified as "Area A" on the Incentive Height of Buildings Map --the consent authority is satisfied--

(i) the building will be used for the purposes of a hospital, and

(ii) the building will not have more than 11 storeys.

(4) In considering whether development exhibits design excellence, the consent authority must have regard to the matters specified in clause 7.7(4).

(5) In this clause--

"architectural design competition" means a competitive process held in accordance with the draft Government Architect's Design Excellence Competition Guidelines , published by the NSW Government Architect and dated May 2018.