New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 3A.15

3A.15 Setbacks of dwelling houses and ancillary development from roads

(1) A dwelling house and all ancillary development on a lot in Zone R5 that has an area of less than 4,000m 2 must have a setback from the boundary with a primary road that is not a classified road of at least--

(a) the average distance of the setbacks of the nearest 2 dwelling houses having the same primary road boundary and located within 40m of the lot on which the dwelling house is erected, or

(b) in any case where 2 dwelling houses are not located within 40m of the lot, 10m.

(2) A dwelling house and all ancillary development on a lot in the following zones must have a setback from the boundary with a primary road that is not a classified road of at least the following--

(a) if the lot is in Zone R5 and has an area of at least 4,000m 2 --15m,

(b) if the lot is in Zone RU4--30m,

(c) if the lot is in Zone RU1, RU2, RU3 or RU6--50m.

(3) A dwelling house and all ancillary development on a corner lot must have a setback from a boundary with a secondary road that is not a classified road of at least the following--

(a) if the lot is in Zone R5 and has an area of less than 4,000m 2 --5m,

(b) if the lot is in Zone R5 and has an area of at least 4,000m 2, or is in Zone RU1, RU2, RU3, RU4 or RU6--10m.

(4) A dwelling house and all ancillary development on a lot in Zone R5 that has an area of less than 4,000m 2 must have a setback from a boundary with a parallel road that is not a classified road of at least 10m.

(5) If a lot fronts a classified road, a dwelling house and any ancillary development must have a setback from the boundary with the classified road of--

(a) if another environmental planning instrument applying to that lot specifies a setback for those circumstances, the setback specified by the other instrument, or

(b) the setback specified by subclauses (1) and (2),

whichever is the greater.