Objectives

1. To protect the landscape and visual character of the Scenic Hills.
2. To ensure new buildings, utility and ancillary structures do not pose an adverse impact on sensitive landscape areas such as the Scenic Hills, the settings of heritage items or heritage conservation areas or other places of heritage significance.

Controls

1. Materials and colours for buildings, utility and ancillary structures must adopt darker, recessive toned colours such as browns, dark greens, dark greys and charcoal.  Both wall and roof cladding must be constructed of non-reflective materials.