by Peter Kelly
Are you looking to undertake a residential townhouse development project, but you are unsure how overshadowing neighbours might affect your projects overall outcome?
Overshadowing Regulations Victoria
The implications of overshadowing your neighbours when designing your townhouses in Victoria is one of those things that don’t get talked about enough but can make and break your development.
Site Orientation
The first thing you need to consider is your site’s orientation. This will have the most significant impact on the shadowing you’ll be projecting onto neighbours and potentially your own private open space. Which in turn may restrict what you can achieve with your design.
So, there are many rules and restrictions around not shadowing your neighbour’s habitable windows. Or specific percentages of their open space.
There are even restrictions around shadowing your neighbour’s solar panels.