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/NZS/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 carport must have 2 or more sides open and have not less than one-third of its perimeter open.
(5) 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 :
(6) Secondary road setbacks for corner lots A detached garage or carport on a corner lot must have a minimum setback from a secondary road as shown in the following table--
Lot size Minimum setback from secondary road 200m 2 -600m 2 2m >600m 2 -1,500m 2 3m >1,500m 2 -4,000m 2 5m >4,000m 2 10m
(7) Rear setbacks A detached garage or carport (other than a detached garage or carport that is on a lot that only has 3 boundaries) 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 -4,000m 2 2.5m >4,000m 2 5m
(8) Built to rear boundary Despite subclause (7), 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.
(9) Maximum width of garage doors The maximum width of all garage doors accessed from 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-24m 6m >24m 9.2m
(10) Subject to subclause (9), a detached garage that is designed to contain 3 parallel car parking spaces may be erected on a lot that has a width greater than 24m if--(a) the entry to 1 of the car parking spaces is set back at least 1 metre behind the entry to the other car parking spaces, and(b) the width of the driveway associated with access to the car parking spaces does not exceed 6m at the property boundary, and(c) the width of a driveway that is more than 6m wide at the garage door openings tapers gradually to a maximum width of 6m at the property boundary.
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Note :
"Battle-axe lot" ,
"building line" ,
"corner lot" ,
"detached" ,
"lane" ,
"parallel road" ,
"primary road" ,
"secondary road" and
"setback" are defined in clause 1.5.
