New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated Regulations
(1) Car parking and vehicle access requirements All off-street car parking spaces and vehicle access must comply with AS 2890.1:2004, Parking facilities--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.
(4) A detached garage must be located at the rear of the dwelling house if the width of the lot is not more than 7m measured at the building line.
(5) A carport must have 2 or more sides open and have not less than one-third of its perimeter open.
(6) 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
(7) 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 area Minimum setback from primary road 200m 2 -600m 2 2m >600m 2 -1,500m 2 3m >1,500m 2 5m
(8) 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
(9) Built to rear boundary Despite subclause (8), 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.
(10) 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.
