Screening device

Screening device

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

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Legal Meaning

A permanent opaque, translucent, perforated or louvred element designed to restrict direct overlooking.

Plain English

A screening device is a fixed privacy treatment rather than a removable curtain or planting that may disappear. The degree of openness and angle of louvres must satisfy the applicable rule so views are genuinely restricted.