New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 3A.16

3A.16 Setbacks of dwelling houses from side boundaries

(1) This clause applies to a dwelling house and any carport, garage, balcony, deck, patio, pergola, terrace or verandah that is attached to the dwelling house (a
"building" ).

(2) Any point of a building, on a lot to which this code applies, must have a setback from the side boundary nearest to that point of at least the following distance--

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