New South Wales Repealed Regulations

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SUTHERLAND SHIRE LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2000 - REG 37

37 What minimum allotment sizes apply in residential zones?

(1) The objectives of the minimum allotment size requirements are:

(a) to achieve efficient use of residential land, having regard to the existing allotment sizes across each zone, the expectations of the community and the environmental capacity of the various zones, and

(b) within the 2 (b) Residential and 2 (c) Residential zones, to reduce the instances of isolated parcels being left with reduced development potential, and

(c) to complement the floorspace ratio requirements to ensure an appropriate number of dwellings per site having regard to the characteristics of the zone.

(2) The minimum size for an allotment in a residential zone is indicated in the following Table:

Table

Residential zone	Minimum allotment sizes
2 (a1) Residential	For creation of new allotments: Standard allotment--550sqm, Internal allotment--700sqm,except as provided below: 600sqm for the site of 2 dwellings, 1200sqm for the site of 3 or more dwellings.
2 (a2) Residential	For creation of new allotments: Standard allotment--850sqm, Internal allotment--1000sqm,except as provided below: 850sqm for the site of 2 dwellings, 1200sqm for the site of 3 or more dwellings.
2 (b) Residential	For creation of new allotments: Standard allotment--550sqm, Internal allotment--700sqm,except as provided below: 600 sqm for the site of 2 dwellings,For townhouse or villa house development, except where a development control plan specifies a minimum amalgamation of parcels or minimum allotment size for townhouse or villa development, the minimum allotment size is 1200 sqm. The consent authority must consider any minimum amalgamation of parcels or minimum allotment size specified in any development control plan applying to the land.
2 (c) Residential	For residential flat building development, except where a development control plan specifies a minimum amalgamation of parcels or minimum allotment size for residential flat development, the minimum allotment size is 1800 sqm. The consent authority must consider any minimum amalgamation of parcels or minimum allotment size specified in any development control plan applying to the land.
2 (e1) Residential	For creation of new allotments: Standard allotment--550sqm, Internal allotment--700sqm,except as provided below: 600sqm for the site of 2 dwellings, 2100sqm for the site of 3 or more dwellings, with the overall density not to exceed 1 dwelling per 550sqm of site area for a standard allotment and the overall density not to exceed 1 dwelling per 700sqm of site area for an internal allotment.
2 (e2) Residential	For creation of new allotments: Standard allotment--850sqm, Internal allotment--1000sqm,except as provided below: 900sqm for the site of 2 dwellings, 3000sqm for the site of 3 or more dwellings, with the overall density not to exceed 1 dwelling per 850sqm of site area for a standard allotment and the overall density not to exceed 1 dwelling per 1000sqm of site area for an internal allotment.

(3) The area of an access corridor is not to be included when the size of an internal allotment is calculated.

(4) No minimum allotment size requirement applies in the case of the erection of a single dwelling house on an existing allotment or to the strata subdivision of land.

(5) Despite the other provisions of this plan, for the purpose of calculating the minimum allotment size for land at Sandy Point the following are to be excluded from the area of the site:

(a) the area of any land between the 1% Annual Exceedance Probability flood line and a line parallel to and 7.5 metres above the mean high water mark for the time being, and

(b) any area of any right of carriageway that affects the allotment.