New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 3B.1

3B.1 Development that can be complying development under this code

(1) The following types of development are complying development under this code--

(a) the erection or alteration of, or addition to--

(i) any 1 or 2 storey dual occupancy, manor house or multi dwelling housing (terraces), or

(ii) any attached development or detached development related to any building referred to in subparagraph (i),

(b) the conversion of an existing dwelling to a dual occupancy.

(2) For the purposes of calculating the number of storeys in a building for the purposes of this code, only those parts of a basement that comprise habitable rooms are to be counted as a storey.     

(3) Lot requirements Complying development specified for this code may only be carried out on a lot that meets the following requirements--

(a) the lot must be in Zone RU5, Zone R1, Zone R2 or Zone R3,

(b) the lot must have lawful access to a public road at the completion of the development.

(4) Erection of attached development and detached development Attached development or detached development may be erected on a lot--

(a) if a dual occupancy, manor house or multi dwelling housing (terraces) exists on the lot, or

(b) if there is a current development consent or complying development certificate for the construction of a dual occupancy, manor house or multi dwelling housing (terraces) on the lot.

Note 1 :
"Complying development certificate" has the same meaning as it has in the Act.

Note 2 : Clauses 1.17A, 1.18 and 1.19(1) set out additional requirements for complying development.