Active street frontage in zone CB

Active street frontage is when a business opens onto and interacts with the street or an area of public open space.

It limits the amount of blank walls that face a street.

It can include:

• a high number of doors and windows that open onto the street
• outdoor dining
• areas for pedestrian movement or seating.

Benefits

Active street frontage:

• encourages passive surveillance at street level
• creates a transition between the public space and commercial buildings.

Rules and conditions

In zone CB (central business), it must meet certain rules within the NT Planning Scheme 2020.

A building must provide at least 60% of its ground level street frontage as active. This includes to public spaces such as a park, mall or square.

Active street frontage is measured by adding together the total width of all the active components and dividing that number by the total length of the frontage.

More information

To find out more, read the guidance note for active street frontage in zone CB PDF (942.6 KB) under clause 5.5.16 of the NT Planning Scheme PDF (2.8 MB).