New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 3.16

3.16 Car parking and vehicle access requirements

(1) At least 1 off-street car parking space, being an open hard stand space or a carport or garage, must be provided on a lot unless--

(a) the lot has a width of less than 8m measured at the building line, or

(b) the complying development is the alteration of, or an addition to, a dwelling house and the lot does not contain an off-street car parking space, or

(c) the complying development is the erection or alteration of, or an addition to, attached development and the lot does not contain an off-street car parking space.

(2) All off-street car parking spaces and vehicle access must comply with AS/NZS 2890.1:2004, Parking facilities, Part 1: Off-street car parking .

(3) The off-street car parking space for a battle-axe lot must be constructed so that vehicles can leave the lot in a forward direction.

(4) An attached garage may only be erected on a lot that has a width of less than 8m measured at the building line if the garage is accessed only from a secondary road, parallel road or lane.

(5) An attached garage, carport or car parking space accessed from a primary road must have a minimum setback as shown in the following table--

	Setback of dwelling house from primary road	Minimum off-street parking setback from primary road
	<4.5m	5.5m
	4.5m or more	1m or more behind the building line of the dwelling house

     

(6) The maximum width of all garage door openings facing a primary, secondary or parallel road is shown in the following table--

	Lot width	Maximum width of garage door openings
	8m-12m	3.2m
	>12m	6m

Note 1--:
"Attached" ,
"battle-axe lot" ,
"building line" ,
"detached" ,
"hard stand space" ,
"lane" ,
"parallel road" ,
"primary road" ,
"secondary road" and
"setback" are defined in clause 1.5.

Note 2--: Clause 2.28 applies to the construction or installation of a driveway as exempt development.

Note 3--: Alterations or additions to a garage or carport that is forward of the building line is not complying development under this code (see clause 3.2(1)(g)).