New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 3C.19

3C.19 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 at the building line	Maximum width of garage door openings
	7m or more but less than 10m	3.2m
	10m or more but less than 11m	for a 1 storey dwelling house--3.2m for a 2 storey dwelling house--6m
	11m or more but less than 15m	6m
	15m or more	50% of width of front facade of dwelling or 7.2m, whichever is the lesser

(7) The maximum width of all driveways measured at the boundary to which the front of the dwelling house faces is shown in the following table--

	Lot width at the building line	Maximum width of driveway
	7m or more but less than 10m	3.2m
	10m or more but less than 15m	single entry driveway--3.2m double entry driveway--4.8m
	15m or more	4.8m

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 3C.3(3)(g)).