New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 7.2

7.2 Development standards

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

(a) the development must be carried out in accordance with AS 2601--2001, The demolition of structures , and

(b) run-off and erosion controls to prevent soil erosion, water pollution or the discharge of loose sediment on the land surrounding the development must be implemented by--

(i) diverting uncontaminated run-off around cleared or disturbed areas, and

(ii) erecting a silt fence to prevent debris escaping into drainage systems and waterways, and

(iii) preventing tracking of sediment by vehicles onto roads, and

(iv) stockpiling top soil, excavated materials, construction and landscaping supplies and debris within the lot, and

(c) any essential service must be disconnected from the structure being demolished or removed in accordance with the requirements of the relevant authority, and

(d) the structure being demolished or removed must not be relocated on the same lot or to a different lot, unless it meets the relevant development standards specified in Part 3, Part 3A or Part 3C, and

(e) the development must, if it is the demolition or removal of an existing attached dwelling or a semi-detached dwelling, not be carried out within the front 6m of the dwelling or forward of the roof ridge line.

(2) Despite other development standards of this code, if, within 900mm of a boundary with an adjoining lot, there is a wall on the adjoining lot--

(a) a professional engineer's report must be provided with an application for a complying development certificate, and

(b) the development must be carried out in accordance with the support method proposed by the report.

(3) If the development referred to in subclause (2) results in the exposure of a common wall, the common wall must, at the completion of the development, be weatherproofed.

(4) If a swimming pool is wholly or partly removed, the site of the pool, or the part of the pool that is removed, must be restored to the ground level (existing) adjacent to the pool, taking into account the gradient of the site.

(5) If it is necessary to fill the site of the pool, or the part of the pool that is removed, to comply with subclause (4)--

(a) the fill must contain only virgin excavated natural material as defined in Schedule 1, Part 3 of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 , and

(b) the fill must be compacted, and

(c) piping and similar material must be removed from the site before it is filled.