Town Planning
Subdivision and types of Residential Buildings
What is a Subdivision
Subdivision is the act of dividing land into pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop, usually via a plat. The former single piece as a whole is then known in the United States as a subdivision. If it is used for housing it is typically known as a housing subdivision or housing development, although some developers tend to call these areas communities.
What is required to open a new Subdivision
Subdivision process
Before a new lot can be sold, it has to be created and its title registered. The process is:
Planning approval - submit planning application to Council, including proposed plan of subdivision.
Assessment - Council assesses application against rules in City Plan and Local or Neighbourhood Plans.
Compliance - you comply (or make changes to comply) with conditions, undertake required works and pay charges.
Plan sealing - Council ‘seals’ the plan of survey and returns it to the you.
Registration of title - Applicant/owner arranges for registration of the sealed survey plan with the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management and title is issued under the Land Title Act 1994.
How would you make a new house environmentally sustainable
Sun and orientation
You will need to spend a good amount of time assessing direct sun penetration onto your site before you start designing your passive solar home. If it were practical, and you oriented all the internal spaces in your home to north, it would be relatively straightforward to build a green home that was thermally comfortable all year round.
Sun control devices
Roof overhangs: For homes that are drenched in full sun ensure that all windows have a standard window and door shading depth of 900mm. 600mm is the normal project home depth and that is not enough. This depth can be slightly altered depending on the orientation of the external walls to north.
Other control devices: If you have no choice in how
What is a Subdivision
Subdivision is the act of dividing land into pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop, usually via a plat. The former single piece as a whole is then known in the United States as a subdivision. If it is used for housing it is typically known as a housing subdivision or housing development, although some developers tend to call these areas communities.
What is required to open a new Subdivision
Subdivision process
Before a new lot can be sold, it has to be created and its title registered. The process is:
Planning approval - submit planning application to Council, including proposed plan of subdivision.
Assessment - Council assesses application against rules in City Plan and Local or Neighbourhood Plans.
Compliance - you comply (or make changes to comply) with conditions, undertake required works and pay charges.
Plan sealing - Council ‘seals’ the plan of survey and returns it to the you.
Registration of title - Applicant/owner arranges for registration of the sealed survey plan with the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management and title is issued under the Land Title Act 1994.
How would you make a new house environmentally sustainable
Sun and orientation
You will need to spend a good amount of time assessing direct sun penetration onto your site before you start designing your passive solar home. If it were practical, and you oriented all the internal spaces in your home to north, it would be relatively straightforward to build a green home that was thermally comfortable all year round.
Sun control devices
Roof overhangs: For homes that are drenched in full sun ensure that all windows have a standard window and door shading depth of 900mm. 600mm is the normal project home depth and that is not enough. This depth can be slightly altered depending on the orientation of the external walls to north.
Other control devices: If you have no choice in how