New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

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

5A.16 Landscaped area

(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 50,000m 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.

(4) This clause does not apply to development that is the alteration of, or addition to, an existing building if the development does not--

(a) increase the footprint of the building, or

(b) decrease the landscaped area on the lot.