Design Approval Application Form & Checklist

Welcome and thank you for choosing to be a member of the Vista Park Community. To ensure the quality of The Vale for yourselves and your neighbours, we have prepared this Design Approval Application Form & Checklist to help you prepare your new home design.

Electronic plans should be provided in PDF format and drawn to scale clearly displayed on all plan sheets, either:

Electronic Plans (PDF files only less than 10 MB)

BASIX Certificate

Letterbox Design

Landscape Plan

Colour Palette

Design Approval Application Form & Checklist

Lot Application Details

Lot Number

Street Address

Builder Details

Dwelling Product Name (if applicable)

Contact and Company Name

Phone

Purchaser Details

Name

Phone

Plan Checklist

Design Checklist Complete

Site Plan

Floor Plan

Elevation Plan

External Colour Panel

Section Plan (if applicable)

Landscape Plan & Planting Schedule

Letterbox Design

Site Design

Setbacks Compliant

Front

Side

Rear

Orientation of living areas

North (preferred)

South

East

West

Overlooking outdoor living area

Yes

Reason for not overlooking outdoor living area and/or reason for chosen direction of orientation (if north not selected)

Outdoor living behind front building line

Outdoor living screened for privacy

Location of outdoor living relative to your home

North (preferred)

South

East

West

Reason for location of outdoor living (if north not selected)

Utility Areas - below items indicated on plans behind front building line and screened.

Bins

Clothes drying area

Utility areas (eg. bins, water pump, water tank, ac, etc)

Pool equipment

Trailers, caravans, boats, storage areas

Air-conditioners

Behind front setback and screened

Consideration for neighbouring bedrooms (if possible)

Noise level of air conditioner less than 5dBA above background noise

If greater than 5dBA, noise reduction included in design

Dwelling sizes and floor areas

Minimum gross floor area 130sqm

Garage

1m setback from front building line of home

Maximum double garage width (6m)

Similar eave depths and roof form to house

Streetscape

Front Facade

No small windows facing the street(s)

Two or more external cladding materials used

Primary Cladding Material

Timber

Cemented Sheet

Stone

Other

Secondary Cladding Material

Rendered

Bag and Paint

Face brick

Other

Front Doors

Visible from the street

Weather covered entry (porch/verandah as above)

Front door design shown on plans / materials sheet

Utility Meters

Location of water/electricity/other meters and gas bottles located on plans

All meters and gas bottles screened from front street

Windows and Doors

Window materials and type used

Door materials and type used

Window locations consider neighbour overlooking

Privacy screens to prevent overlooking on second storey balconies

Roof and Eaves

Eave minimum width 0.45m

Lighter roof colour

Roof Pitch

Hip or gable (minimum 22 degrees)

Skillion or flat (between 5 and 15 degrees)

Material type and colour used (Colorbond roofing only)

Roof sample palette provided and complies

Walls

Primary Street Frontage - maximum wall length less than 5m (unless articulated, eg bay windows, stepped facade)

Secondary Street Frontage (only for corner lots) - maximum wall length less than 10m (unless articulated, eg bay windows, stepped facade)

Fencing

Front Fence (if applicable)

Front fencing not more than 1.2m high

Fence features maximum of 1.5m high and 250mm wide

Positioned on front/secondary boundary

Minimum aperature of 30mm and open for 25% of fence area

Side and Rear Fence

Colourbond Basalt

Colourbond Shale grey posts and rail used

Fence height at a max 1.8m

Fencing stops a front building line (unless complies with front fence requirements)

Letterboxes

Clearly visible from the street and incorporates newspaper delivery space

Incorporated into a larger structure (minimum 470mm wide)

House number locations indicated on plans

State material that is proposed for letterbox structure

Emissions

At least two of the following low emission products should be utilised within the construction of your home (please indicate)

Low emission paints on all internal painted surfaces

Low emission floor coverings on all indoor covered floors

Low emission sealants and adhesives where possible

Non-allergenic materials for furnishings where feasible

Composite wood product which is low emission formaldehyde or no composite wood product used

Wood products stained with wood treatments that are natural, such as linseed oil or beeswax polish

Materials

20% of materials (by volume) used to construct your home are selected from materials that are or have a high recycled content, from renewable sources, from non-polluting sources, low life cycle energy material or are able to be recycled or reused at the end of the life of your home.

Please tick below which items you intend to use to achieve the above target (numbers in brackets represent target recycled content per building material)

Landscaping

Plans show one tree in back yard

Plans show one tree in front yard

Min. 20% of total site is landscaped open space Gardens facing the street or public areas have min 75% indigenous planting

75mm organic mulch specified for planted areas

Maintain vegetation on your site in accordance with vegetation management plan (if applicable).

Garden bed of a minimum area of 3sqm located in the front yard

Driveways and front paths

Driveway and footpath palette provided and complements home design

Separate footpath to front door provided

Materials used for driveways and paths (stencilled concrete not acceptable)

Flag pavers

Clay pavers

Exposed aggregate

Bitumen

Gravel

Broom finished concrete

Other

Driveway width is 3m at boundary with road reserve

If non-compliant with any details above, please state reasons why

Energy

Select which two (at least, you can select more) alternate energy selections you will utilise

1.6Kw minimum photovoltaic solar panels

Solar hot water heating

Solar pool heating

Renewable energy contract with your electricity supplier

Other alternative energy source on site such as wind or geothermal

Use of appliances and fixtures which produce low greenhouse gas emissions has been made.

List appliances and star ratings

Achieved 20% beyond the minimum compliance BASIX targets in energy use as outlined in and using the products listed in the design guidelines.

BASIX Score (min. 55)

Water

Drought tolerant plants and lawn selected that does not require irrigation

Pool cover shown on plans to minimise evoporation

Fixtures used have a minimum 4-star water rating

Achieved 20% beyond the minimum compliance BASIX targets in energy use as outlined in the design guidelines

Rainwater tank used

Tank Volume

BASIX Score (min. 48)

Supporting Summary

Please provide any further detail here that you see relevant to your application and the section is not provided above.

Non Compliance Summary

Please provide any further detail here in support of any non-compliances with your application. Include the relevant section title and chapter number of the design guidelines for clarity. The more information you provide will help our Design Review Panel in their assessments.