How will overshadowing be managed?

Built form controls will protect Arden’s open spaces from overshadowing at important times of day.

In Arden Central, no additional overshadowing above the shadow cast by the preferred maximum street wall heights is allowed between 11am and 2pm in winter. In Arden North, no additional overshadowing above the existing conditions is allowed between 11am and 2pm in Spring.

This means any proposed building must allow sunlight access according to these rules, regardless of its height.

No overshadowing controls have been proposed in the Laurens Street sub-precinct as the lower building heights will have less of an impact on open spaces.

For more detail on Arden’s built form strategy and the planning controls that relate to it, refer to Chapters 2 and 3 of the Arden Structure Plan and the Design and Development Overlays for each sub-precinct.