New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated Regulations(1) Objectives The objectives of this clause are as follows--(a) to ensure adequate opportunities for the retention or provision of vegetation that contributes to biodiversity,(b) to ensure adequate opportunities for tree retention and tree planting so as to preserve and enhance the tree canopy of Sutherland Shire,(c) to minimise urban run-off by maximising pervious areas on the sites of development,(d) to ensure that the visual impact of development is minimised by appropriate landscaping and that the landscaping is maintained,(f) to ensure that landscaping carried out in connection with development on land in Zone 11--Employment is sufficient to complement the scale of buildings, provide shade, screen parking areas and enhance workforce amenities.
(2) Site The following is taken to be excluded from the site of proposed development for the purposes of this clause--(a) land on which the proposed development is prohibited under this plan (other than land on which the proposed development is prohibited solely because of the application of clause 17),(b) in the case of an internal lot--(i) any access corridor to or from the lot (if the lot is a hatchet-shaped lot), and(ii) any right of way that traverses another lot,(c) 40 square metres of the area of any lot on which there is, or is intended to be as part of the proposed development, a swimming pool that is ancillary to a dwelling house.Note--: Among other things, clause 17 imposes certain restrictions on the erection of buildings on land traversed by a foreshore building line.
(3) Controls The minimum landscaped area of the site of any development for the purpose of a building on any land in Zone 1--Environmental Housing (Environmentally Sensitive Land) or Zone 2--Environmental Housing (Scenic Quality) is indicated in the Table below--where
Area of site (m 2) Minimum landscaped area (m 2) Less than 850 850-less than 1,200 1,200- less than 1,800 1,800 or more
"AS" is the area of the site in square metres.
(4) The minimum landscaped area of the site of any development for the purpose of a building on any land in Zone 3--Environmental Housing (Bushland) is 45 percent of the area of the site.
(5) The minimum landscaped area of the site of any development is the following percentage of the area of the site specified below for that development--(a) development for the purpose of a building (other than a villa house or townhouse) on any land in Zone 4--Local Housing or Zone 5--Multiple Dwelling A--45 per cent,(b) development for the purpose of a townhouse on any land in Zone 4--Local Housing--40 per cent,(c) development for the purpose of a villa house on any land in Zone 4--Local Housing--30 per cent,(d) development for the purpose of a townhouse on any land in Zone 5--Multiple Dwelling A--35 per cent,(e) development for the purpose of a villa house on any land in Zone 5--Multiple Dwelling A or Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B--20 per cent,(f) development for the purpose of a building (other than a dwelling house, villa house, townhouse or residential flat building) on any land in Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B--60 per cent,(g) development for the purpose of a townhouse on any land in Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B--35 per cent,(h) development for the purpose of a residential flat building on any land in Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B--40 per cent,(i) development for the purpose of a building on any land in Zone 11--Employment--10 per cent,(j) development for the purpose of a dwelling house on any land in Zone 6--Multiple Dwelling B--45 per cent,
(6) The minimum landscaped area of a site for development for the purposes of a combined villa and townhouse development is determined by applying, on a pro rata basis, the minimum percentage set out in subclause (5) for each type of dwelling in the relevant zone.
