New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe objectives for the Living--General zone are as follows--
(a) To allow for residential development primarily in the form of detached single dwelling houses in a variety of types, designs and tenures.
(b) To promote residential development in locations that are accessible to services and facilities, thereby encouraging use of transport modes other than private motor vehicles.
(c) To ensure that residential and non-residential development maintains and improves the character of residential areas, in a manner that minimises impacts on the existing amenity and environmental quality of those areas.
(d) To allow a range of non-residential land uses that are consistent with the predominant scale and height of adjoining buildings and do not unreasonably detract from the amenity of adjoining or adjacent residents.
(e) To ensure that development responds to the environmental characteristics of the site.