Romsey Residential Character Study and Design Guidelines

The Romsey Residential Character Study and Design Guidelines(PDF, 5MB) were approved by the Minister for Planning in October 2012 and are now part of the Macedon Ranges Planning Scheme.

The design guidelines ensure that the unique Romsey town character is maintained as it grows.  They are based on a character study and introduce standards including for:

  • the height of dwellings (maximum 7.5 metres with upper level floor areas to be no more than half of ground floor area)
  • setbacks to front boundaries (generally 6–8 metres, depending on the location of the house), side boundaries (1–5m) and rear boundaries (3–15m)
  • total building site coverage (30–50%)
  • fencing forward of a dwelling (maximum height of 1.2 metres with a minimum 50% visual permeability).

If planned works meet the standards, no planning permit is required. 

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