Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations (1) A building must be set back from a habitable
room window in an existing dwelling on an adjoining allotment to provide for a
light court to the window that has a minimum area of 3m 2 and a minimum
dimension of 1m clear to the sky.
r. 416
(2) The area of the light court required under sub-regulation (1) may include land on the adjoining allotment.
(3) A wall or carport with an average height of more than 3m opposite a habitable room window in an existing dwelling on an adjoining allotment must be set back from that window at least half the height of the wall or carport if the wall or carport is within a 55° angle in the horizontal plane about a vertical axis through the centre of the window.
(4) For the purposes of sub-regulation (3), the angle may be swung to not less than 35° from the plane of the wall containing the window.
(5) If the window referred to in sub-regulation (3) is above ground floor level, then for the purposes of that sub-regulation, the wall or carport height is to be measured from the floor level of the room containing the window.
(6) The report and consent of the relevant council must be obtained to an application for a building permit in relation to a design that does not comply with this regulation.
Note: The following diagram illustrates the operation of aspects of regulation 416(3).
Regulation 416: Daylight to existing windows
