Gross Floor Area

Communal planter boxes are excluded from GFA if they comply with the following requirements:

• Maximum width of 1.0m¹;


• Minimum depth of 500mm (for planting purposes);


• To be sufficiently externalised;

Communal planters shall be designed with safety and maintainability provisions in mind. Low height railings can be provided for safety purposes.

Examples of Communal Planter Boxes Excluded from GFA (Section)

Planter boxes provided behind full height screening and internalized planter boxes are included as GFA.

Example of Communal Planter Boxes Included as GFA (Section)

Example of Internalised Communal Planter Boxes (Plan)

Example of Internalised Communal Planter Boxes (Plan)

For planter boxes that do not satisfy the abovementioned requirements, the entire planter box is included as GFA. There is no partial exclusion.

Example of Communal Planter Boxes Included as GFA (Plan)

¹ Communal planter boxes of more than 1.0m wide may be allowed if the wider planter boxes are part of an overall scheme with design merit.

Private planter boxes located within strata units of both residential and non-residential developments are included as GFA.