Rear lane

Rear lane

A plain English explanation of this ACT planning and property term.

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Legal Meaning

Means a narrow and short street which has as its primary function to provide vehicular access to garages of rear loading blocks where no direct vehicle access is permitted from the front boundary of the block.

Plain English

A rear lane is more than a private driveway: it is a street or access corridor serving the rear of blocks. It changes where vehicle access, garages and some boundary controls are applied.