New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 3.23

3.23 Other development standards for detached garages and carports

(1) Car parking and vehicle access requirements 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 .

(2) 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.

(3) A detached garage or carport may only be erected on a lot that has a width of less than 8m at the building line if the only vehicular access to the lot is from a secondary road, a parallel road or a lane.

(5) Primary road setbacks A detached garage or carport that is accessed from a primary road must have a minimum setback as shown in the following table--

	Primary road setback of dwelling house	Minimum required garage or carport setback from primary road
	<4.5m	5.5m
	4.5m or more	At least 1m behind the building line of the dwelling house

     

(6) Secondary road setbacks A detached garage or carport on a corner lot must have a minimum setback from the secondary road as shown in the following table--

	Lot size	Minimum setback from secondary road
	200m 2 -600m 2	2m
	>600m 2 -1,500m 2	3m
	>1,500m 2	5m

(7) Rear setbacks A detached garage or carport must have a minimum setback from the rear boundary as shown in the following table--

	Lot area	Minimum setback from rear boundary
	200m 2 -900m 2	900mm
	>900m 2 -1,500m 2	1.5m
	>1,500m 2	2.5m

(8) Built to rear boundary Despite subclause (7), a detached garage or carport of masonry construction may be built to the rear boundary if--

(a) the lot area is at least 200m 2, but not more than 300m 2, and

(b) the wall of a building on the adjoining lot within 900mm of that boundary (if any) is of masonry construction and does not have a window facing that boundary.

(9) Maximum width of garage doors The maximum width of all detached garage and carport door openings facing a primary, secondary or parallel road is shown in the following table--

	Lot width at the building line	Maximum width of garage doors
	8m-12m	3.2m
	>12m	6m

Note 1--:
"Battle-axe lot" ,
"boundary wall" ,
"building line" ,
"corner lot" ,
"detached" ,
"dwelling house" ,
"gross floor area" ,
"heritage conservation area" ,
"lane" ,
"parallel road" ,
"primary road" ,
"secondary road" and
"setback" are defined in clause 1.5.

Note 2--:
"Building height" and
"ground level (existing)" have the same meanings as they have in the Standard Instrument.