New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 4.4

4.4 Development standards

(1) The standards specified for that development are that the development--

(a) must not result in a change of classification of the building under the Act or the Building Code of Australia , and

(b) must not result in a change to the floor area of the dwelling house or ancillary development, and

(c) must not result in a change to the footprint of the dwelling house or ancillary development, and

(ca) must not result in an increase in the existing building height of the dwelling house or ancillary development, and

(cb) must not result in more than a 5% change in the pitch of the roof of the dwelling house or ancillary development, and

(cc) must not result in the enclosure of any carport, and

(d) if it is a new window in an alteration or addition to an existing dwelling house--must comply with subclause (2), and

(e) if it is located in a heritage conservation area or a draft heritage conservation area--must not be to a wall facing the primary road or any wall that connects to a wall facing the primary road.

(2) A new window in any alteration or addition to an existing dwelling house must have a privacy screen for any part of the window that is less than 1.5m above finished floor level if--

(a) the window--

(i) is in a habitable room that has a floor level of more than 1m above ground level (existing), and

(ii) has a sill height of less than 1.5m above that floor level, and

(iii) faces a side or rear boundary and is less than 3m from that boundary, or

(b) the window--

(i) is in a habitable room that has a floor level of more than 3m above ground level (existing), and

(ii) has a sill height of less than 1.5m above that floor level, and

(iii) faces a side or rear boundary and is at least 3m, but not more than 6m, from that boundary.

(3) Subclause (2) does not apply to a window located in a bedroom where the window has an area of not more than 2m 2.