Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Help.. Front setback on an angled block 6Oct 14, 2017 10:21 pm algernon Hope I can explain this well... Note that the setback (council measurment) is measured perpendicular from the relevant boundary, as correctly indicated by the '5500 min' annotation on your plan. The setout (builder measurement) is not necessarily calculated at the same reference angle - and in your case, it isn't (on your plan the setback is running at an oblique angle to 'project north'). This is perfectly normal - the builder and surveyor are working to a reference datum and orientation, and for their ease (and to help prevent errors on the ground) they are basing their setout measurements to that datum. This is the line shown by the '5876 min setout' on your plan. Thanks algernon for taking the time explaining it so well. It makes sense why they would use the measurements against the orientation. Our next door neighbor has a 4.4m setback as his house is massive & is built upto the 3m easement at the back. I'll see if our builder is willing to apply for a reduction to the setback, but we've got around 10 metes at the back, so not sure how that would go down. Thanks Draftroom that definitely helps a heap. We are still at the very early stage of planning to see what kind of house would fit on our plot. While we are on a… 3 15766 Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8451 This was on google. Development controls 2.3.1 Front setback D1 New buildings within residential areas shall adhere to a front building line, which is 5.5-6m to the… 1 3664 |