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Preferred Character Statement

Dwellings in the Campbells Creek Linear Township area will complement the predominantly low scale one storey building forms with materials that complement the existing streetscape and local heritage. Victorian, Edwardian, interwar and post war bungalows will be retained with their predominantly low scale one storey building forms. Careful attention to roof form and window placement will ensure that new dwellings and extensions respect the identified heritage qualities of the streetscape and adjacent buildings.

New development is encouraged to incorporate buildings of lightweight design using timber and painted surfaces ensuring new dwellings complement the existing streetscape rather than dominate it. In order to maintain the linear township identity, new dwelling front setbacks along Main Road should be consistent with existing buildings allowing dwellings to frame the street, though the zero front setbacks of Victorian buildings should remain unique. Large canopy street trees extended from the town core precinct will further frame the street, ensuring the linear aesthetic of the precinct is retained.

A sense of enclosure is maintained through the implementation of consistent side setbacks and spacing between buildings. This along with wide verges leaves generous space for large canopy trees, and new streets should be planted to encourage this character. Retaining space in the rear of yards will ensure that large canopy trees can continue to frame the dwellings.

Original front fencing appropriate to the period is retained where possible and new low and transparent forms enable the landscape to flow between dwellings and into the public realm. Solid side fencing will be avoided, assisting the landscape to flow between dwellings. Garages and sheds are generally located either behind dwellings or set back from the front façade of dwellings ensuring houses are visible from the street and outbuildings do not dominate the streetscape.

New subdivisions provide the opportunity to improve permeability through new connections from Main Road to areas behind through the creation of laneways.

In managed housing change areas (Campbells Creek Linear 1), an increased diversity of housing types such as dual occupancies, town houses and multi dwellings will be provided while contributing to the preferred character of the Campbells Creek Linear area into the future.

In minimal housing change areas (Campbells Creek Linear 2), dwellings will need to be designed to address the particular hazard through building design and materials, fencing materials and design, and building height which will be different to the managed housing change area. Housing change will be limited to dual occupancies and replacement housing.