Rear laneways

If a block has rear laneway access, and the block meets the criteria for detached dual occupancy:

1. Can I make the rear house face the rear laneway?
2. Will the address be the rear laneway? What if currently the rear laneway has no other house numbers?
3. What if answer to 2) is No, can I still physically build the house to face the rear laneway, but have the letterbox and address at the main street?

I know different councils are different - just after the general pattern - context is Sydney NSW.

 

1. Possibly
2. Ask the geographic names board/ Australia Post
3. How does the rear property get access to it's mail? ROW & easement?
4. Where is garbage collection - street or lane?

 

3) lot wont be subdivided (yet) so they can just walk over to the front

4) I guess this answers my question, the truck can't fit in the lane, so... maybe mailbox and garbage will be at the front - but is it quite common that despite garbage and mailbox at front, rear house faces the lane? or is this quite rare, generally?

 

Always depends on site context. It's obviously rare, but possible with some councils. Not really the best design response IMHO, I would rather build two attached side by side if there is enough width in the frontage.

 

Yes just depends on the council. Newcastle council many houses and granny flats facing the rear lane so its allowed

I have seen the rear lane address become an A. Eg 56A john street.

Easiet way just call a planning mob they will tell you over the phone. I have done this before and the council i was looking in didnt permit it.

 

Totally disagree with your response.

I have seen many people keep the existing house at the front and build a nice granny flat the rear lane. Works perfect and private .

 

Rear lane acess is great i reckon many options and ppl still arent fully on to them yet for there potential unlike corners etc

 

If frontage insufficient for side by side, the choice is either battleaxe or facing rear - with battleaxe, the rear has no street frontage, and land is wasted on the handle.

 

Of course, always tradeoffs, but if you need pedestrian access to the front for letterbox and rubbish collection then that whole lane is also wasted the same as a battleaxe driveway.

 

Refer to my opening post - right of way and easement for post box.