Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174:reg:10:p74
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00174
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 10 (pt 74/99)
Character Range: 547690–550601

as a mechanism to provide natural light or ventilation.
All habitable rooms should be naturally ventilated. Building design should demonstrate consideration of the building's orientation to maximise capture and use of prevailing breezes, depths of habitable rooms, openable windows and the use of awnings and louvres to funnel breezes. Light wells must not be the primary air source for habitable rooms.
The number of apartments with natural cross ventilation is maximised to create a comfortable indoor environment for residents. At least 60% of apartments should be naturally cross ventilated in the first nine storeys of a building.

Street frontage

Finished ground floor levels set below the adjacent finished public footpath pavement levels on Northbourne Avenue and the Federal Highway are not permitted. The fall from the building entrance to the kerb must generally be less than 2%. Where datum ground level of a site is below the adjacent footpath level, ground floor levels must not be set below datum ground level.
Where residential use is proposed at ground floor level, a vertical separation up to 450mm above the adjoining finished ground level within the site or adjacent verge is permitted to assist in providing privacy.
Where commercial uses are located on ground floors of buildings, buildings must be designed to ensure a direct connection for building users to the adjacent verge and setback area to ensure street continuity.
Service areas must be integrated within the building design to avoid impacting the public domain. Basement car parks and ramps to basement car parks must not be visible from the street.

Landscape

Landscape character

Landscape design for development along the Federal Highway and Northbourne Avenue corridor is a fundamental character feature of the gateway into the city centre. It should unite development with the existing landscape character of Canberra, soften the impact of larger building form and provide visual relief to the urban condition, consistent with Canberra's status as the bush capital.
New plantings must not diminish the heritage significance of places and objects on the ACT Heritage Register, or affect public appreciation of the qualities of these places. Development must provide substantial tree and understorey planting, supported by functional, safe and attractive areas of open space. Development must continue to deliver Canberra as a city in a landscape.
The spaces between buildings must be landscaped to a high quality and promote green links between the private and public domain.
Landscape spaces must be designed to clearly differentiate between areas intended for public and private use, maximising the functionality of both. Landscaped areas must be designed for maximise user comfort and safety.
Planting within front setback areas should consist primarily of trees, as opposed to shrubs or other low vegetation. A minimum