New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 5A.16

5A.16 Landscaped areas

(1) A landscaped area complying with the following specifications must be provided along each boundary of a lot on which the development is carried out with any adjoining road (except in areas necessary for vehicle and pedestrian access)--

(a) at least 3m in width or, if the setback from the road boundary is less than 3m, the width of the setback, and

(b) with a soil depth of at least 1m, and

(c) if the width of a lot is more than 10m at the primary street frontage--with a species of trees planted at 3m intervals along that frontage that are capable of achieving a height of at least 8m at maturity and at least 2m within 2 years of the occupation of the development.

(2) If the development adjoins a residential zone, the setback area referred to in clause 5A.11(1) must have in it a landscaped area, adjacent to the boundary with that zone, that is--

(a) for a building with a gross floor area of more than 1,000m 2 but not more than 5,000m 2 --at least 3m wide in that setback, and

(b) for a building with a gross floor area of more than 5,000m 2 but not more than 10,000m 2 --at least 5m wide in that setback, and

(c) for a building with a gross floor area of more than 10,000m 2 but not more than 20,000m 2 --at least 10m wide in that setback.

(3) The landscaped area required under subclause (2) must have trees and shrubs planted evenly across its length and width with, for every 3m 2 of the area--

(a) 1 tree of a species capable of achieving a height of at least 8m at maturity and at least 2m within 2 years of the occupation of the development, and

(b) 1 shrub of a species capable of achieving a height of at least 2m within 5 years of the occupation of the development and no more than 5m at maturity.